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rhubarb

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The Labor Of Rhubarb

Submitted by perspiciens on June 7, 2008 - 10:51.

Out to the yard
To chop off some
Rhubarb

Yum

Take my Swiss Army
THWACK!
Turn to the compost
THWACK the other side

I head inside
Out of the
Unbearable heat

Rise and
Scrub and
Peel

Get the white
Cutting board
Chop everything
In half thrice

Stand each piece
Up on its end
Chop it like wood

My knife the axe
The 'barb the piece
Of white pine

Every board
Comes off
Almost equal sizes

Looks so good

Stack each one
Into a log cabin
Fire-making style

Reach into the cabinet
SUGAR
SUGAR
SUGAR

...

Can't think of
A metaphor for
The sugar

A few minutes
No more rhubarb
Clean plate

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