she had a love affair with her chainsaw after her husband passed
leaning into its throaty rumble instead of his roaring snore, she felt peaceful
and in good company
powerful, even
her chainsaw didn't see her grey hair or sagging jowls,
they shared a mutual respect, a respect her 69 year old son didn't seem
to fully comprehend, insisting that they part ways, for "safety" reasons.
Oh she knew he told his Boulder friends, "I had to take away her chain saw."
but
Safe for whom, she wondered, pondering the fate of her only son,
nice and clean cut as he was, that could change if she didn't get her chainsaw back.
In Kentucky, women keep their chainsaws until death,
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