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the violent divorce that frees grain from the husk it spent all summer loving.
ancient methodOxen once walked circles, crushing grain underfoot.
the flailTwo sticks joined by a chain, swung rhythmically.
machine revolt1830s English laborers smashed threshers fearing lost jobs.
word rootSame origin as 'thrash,' meaning to beat.
biblical metaphorSeparating wheat from chaff lives in scripture.