A hammer strikes a nail
the wood, replete with presence
the last before many likewise efforts
for a wardrobe that longed to be complete
shed of contents known to its doors.
It is a handyman who hammers
but a craftsman who first plans
who lays out his materials with time
and with care, until all that is left
is one strike before many,
repeat.
It is with this great care
that a worker finds his pride,
at rest with the world but for
the pleasure and pains of hard labor
that brings a complaint of noise
from his neighbor.