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Fences

By Ann Dorsett Ecoff

He created his prison

fence post by fence post.

He hammered hardened dreams

deep into brittle earth, sheer

will made them stand,

tall and straight,

daring the sky, tinted yellow

like an old photograph.

Once, he had read

good fences make good neighbors

but neighbors were not his

concern, only the land

and sturdy posts fencing in

what was his.