An Axe To Grind

used for thousands of years to cut down trees & then to chop them up & then slice and dice them into everything from mulch to boards used to build a plethora of domiciles, the axe (probably first formed from a crude piece of wood that was tied to a sharp stone by raw-hide or the tar of trees) became used as a weapon--- what a useful device, the axe, with which humans could both build civilizations & tear them down, within the same determined swing. these facile machines which when comprised of any metals--- be them bronze, iron, steel or copper, soon evolved, partially sliced in half at the top & was then divided--- they became more efficient in the fight against trees that were standing as well as humans that were standing in the way of others. & to digress, i wonder what kind of axe it was that lizzy borden chose to use when she hacked up her parents in fall river, mass., that august 4th in 1892--- maybe one could ask those that make pilgrimages to the house where the murders were committed, in order to pay money & then sleep there overnight. ah, america.