QUOTE : Harrowing<br /> The plow has savaged this sweet field<br /> Misshapen clods of earth kicked up<br /> Rocks and twisted roots exposed to view<br /> Last year’s growth demolished by the blade.<br /> I have plowed my life this way<br /> Turned over a whole history<br /> Looking for the roots of what went wrong<br /> Until my face is ravaged, furrowed, scared.<br /> Enough. The job is done.<br /> Whatever’s been uprooted, let it be<br /> Seedbed for the growing that’s to come<br /> I plowed to unearth last year’s reasons—<br /> The farmer plows to plant a greening season.