things your mother threw away

in shop
you made a key chain
out of long strips of plastic.
four colors
woven into
a thick strip of rope.
then there
was the wooden pot holder
carved in wood shop.
using the jig saw,
then fine
sandpaper, the drill
for pegs
with which to hold
whatever it is was to hold.
the ashtray,
a thin plate of metal,
ball peened
and battered by
a hammer. and the bowl,
fashioned out
of clay, then glazed
and slid into the mysterious
kiln where it came
out shiny.
your goggles made your
small face
sweat and turn
red
under the heat and pressure
of the seventh grade.