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I'd trace the grain across the door's two planks
and see the swirls link up,
and often think
the door had reunited
a single piece of wood.

Now the boards have shrunk,
split and warped, and the door's difficult
to open and shut.

If I made one
its grain wouldn't matter much,
but its two boards
would have to be seasoned.

Tristan Moss

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