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Poetry: Bottom of the barrel

by Marlene Calder

Created on: April 24, 2008

At the bottom of the barrell,
Was a sight that would assail you.

Years of grime,
Accumulated over time.

Staves that were scarred,
Its inside charred.

It had greatly been used,
And very much abused.

Often kicked,
And variously nicked.

It tells a tale,
Of rain and hail.

Of days gone by,
It does not lie.

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