But with one stretch he reached his arm over

Like a bear's paw that in force comes down like a

Redwood.

my knee aching as if broken, i crutched up

From the other side of the room, beside the door....

Then, bending on my knees the next conscious second--

Feeling the blood of knee caps sticking to hay and

dirt--

Seeing the sun poke like sticks through rafters and

cobwebs--