G R E E N M A N P H O T O G R A P H Y -- R o n H a m m o n d
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As though in the lacy remains
of this house a young Helen Keller ran
around the table, grabbing food
from plates, until her teacher
pulled her by the arms into the yard,
grabbed the pump handle,
and signed the word ‘water’ into her hand.
Once there was a house here.
The pump fetched water from a shallow well.
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