Slabs of gold and brown

A sleeper, they used to call it—
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like coffin lids, those leftover slabs,
their new-sawn faces turning gold and brown …
– from Sleepers by David Black

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Park Wood, St Albans, November 2020

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Posted as part of Becky’s TreeSquare

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margaret21 says:

July 20, 2021 at 08:26

Winter’s on its way. Note to self – order a stack of wood just like that one!

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Prior... says:

July 20, 2021 at 07:09

The two photos go so well together / the three and then the many-

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bushboy says:

July 20, 2021 at 07:07

That is a lot of wood

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- Debbie Smyth says:
  
  July 20, 2021 at 09:00
  
  good business!
  
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Lavina Bharadwaj says:

July 20, 2021 at 06:48

Nice 🙂

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BeckyB says:

July 20, 2021 at 06:05

mesmerising

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