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The Bearer
Can this check plough ?
Can it sow ? can it reap ? Can we arouse it ?
Is it asleep ?
Can it hear when a child cries ? —
Comfort a wife ? This little metal disk
Stands for a life.
Can this check build,
Laying stone upon stone? Once it was warm flesh
Folded on bone.
Sinew and muscle firm.
Look at it — can This little metal check
Stand for a man ?
The Counter
One — two — three — four —
— Louise Driscoll.
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