The Well

My grandparents lived without indoor plumbingand raised eight children.
I was afraid of the wellbecause one of my cousinsthreatened to push me into itdown into that deep black water
but I was also drawn to the wellto the novelty of itand begged to fetch the water.
When I now use the phraserefilling the wellto describe breaks between booksand the gathering of new inspiration,in my mind I seethat well, above,
deep and dark and full.
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