getting ready

with winter
approaching,
i'm chopping wood,
swinging the axe
over my shoulder
letting the weight
and muscle work
as one, splitting
thick trunks into
blocks. but i don't
have a fireplace
and i wonder why,
i'm doing this. i
have central air
and gas heating,
which works really
well. what's up
with all the wood
chopping, i don't
know. but it looks
good stacked up
in the back yard,
next to the butter
churn, the cows
and chickens and
fish tank full
of catfish. i'm
getting ready, i
guess, for something.