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| The Lephart barn, built in 1902. |
Slowed in the shadow
of man's work,
generations too soon
under the ground they tilled,
barns their monuments,
made from the land around them,
the trees and the stones
where they stood,
totems to strength of will
and a daily, lifetime effort
we can scarcely imagine,
having lost touch
with the earth and its seasons,
self-centered and angry
with each other
for weak reasons.
