The kind of love and care I wish for everyone this weekend—
Sheep's Cheese by Jane Hirshfield
In the cellar, sheep's milk cheeses
soak in cold brine.
Once a week, a man comes to turn them.
Sixty pounds lifted like child after child,
lain back and re-wrapped
in their cloths on the wooden shelves.
The shelves are nameless, without opinion or varnish.
The wheels are only sheep's milk, not ripening souls.
He sings no lullabye to them. But his arms know the weight.
image: Christie B. Cochrell, Eggs 8
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