The broom maker swings the product of his hands in a wide arc.
With a gently oscillating motion he digs the broom corn
ingrain.
Fast yet slow, he finds the correct speed and pressure
to make the fine tuned bristles work their magic over yellow
pine floors.
"The Broom Maker" was written after spending
a week with a broom maker from Intercourse, PA. I
watched him using his broom and the whole set of his body
was different from anyone I've ever seen sweep a floor. It
was more like a dance than a cleaning task. There was a kind
of magic in the motion.
