"Harrowing" by Maggie Smith

"Harrowing" by Maggie Smith

This world is harrowing, harrowing,all harrow, as if harrow were whatthe world is made of, what we aremade of, as if harrow were stringsto be strummed, tendons and veinsto be strummed, as if harrowcould be snapped between the teeth,the word one letter from the white mealinside our bones, the meal we could makeof ourselves, harrow, two lettersfrom the bird who might strumwith its beak what the body is made of,what the world is made of, and in tha…