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A Simple Understanding

from Open Hearth by Shane Murphy

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Ten square chains and a home of pine:
I want a simple understanding
of work, of love, of a child in a cradle,
some fiddle before our bones bed for night,
and the trunnels offset to brace our anchor beam.

A thousand square chains and your hand in mine:
I want a simple understanding
of fields, of rain, of a horse and bridle,
a kettle to steam the cold panes of night,
and a well-rehearsed bend toward sleep for tired eyes.

Hearts unchained and your hand in mine:
I give you, darling, a simple understanding
of wants, of warmth, of our lives well-cradled,
a treadle to move our love day and night,
and the purest of springs to cleanse the water downstream.

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from Open Hearth, released February 1, 2011
Written, performed and recorded by Shane Murphy.

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