Ghaap
Sonnets from the Northern Cape
by Michael Cope

Poetry

Rain
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3   Dusty Room

The master hand-axe stands beside a box

in a dusty, ill-lit but ordered place

behind the museum.

There are no locks

on it here. The one back there in the case

is a replica.

You might hold it, if it suits

the museologists.

Here are its attributes –

practice  culture  mastery  elegance

persistence  design  skill  transmission

flow  function  grasp  pattern

truth  beauty  forethought  attention

precision  intention

– in your hand,

in a dusty place.

Yes, yes, take it,

allow your fingertips to understand.

Then you must replace it.