Besom

Besom

Bound-up straw and whittled birch –
they only ever hung their brooms
to rest on Sunday after church
and sat in sun-swept living rooms.

An heirloom? No. Too commonsense.
Too thrifty, though, to cast away
such work. It’s been here ever since
as if for one long Sabbath-day.

*Image Credit: Unsplash

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