Parquetry

Parquet Flooring
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right angle symmetries

herringbone visions

substantial in oak

catch the durable dance

that adult choreography

passing its passionate

footfalls across deeply

waxed softly polished

arrangements of grain

laid for well ordered

living by lovers who

learn from the music

to move as an elegant

surefooted unit among

the vicissitudes cast

in their path like dull

shadows attempting to

shame the warm sheen

of a floor a foundation

designed so precisely

to stand its support

for the intricate bliss

of the tango that time

and contentment turn

into a delicate waltz