1917 · Paul Marble Wood
Papa and I got in a load
of hay in the morning
Wilfred came along at noon
and helped unload it. We
got in two more small loads
in the afternoon. Which
finished the hay in the feild
We got the stack finished
in the evening.
2001 · Lisa Barnes King

Night full of sirens. Fitfull sleep. Hopeless past 4:30. Sparse traffic sounds amplified to my ears. The solitary cars speeding down Damen sound like jet planes. The roar of approaching trains unnerving. 5:30 I crawled from bed, went downstairs to turn on the tv to assure myself of no new disaster.