Saturday, April 28, 2007

The NAMES Quilt

Cloudless day;

Sewing inside.

“Each memorial panel,

must be three feet by six feet”.

The same size as a cemetery plot.

No one ever thinks about the dimensions.

The pattern will fail,

if the shapes don’t fit together.

Our quilt was flawless,

Until a thread got pulled.

Knit One…Pearl Two?

Can hardly sew a button.

My hands tremble,

I cut the wedding tux you wore,

And line it with the skirt of my gown.

My Yang for your Yin.

Your tender folds caress me back,

As I wrap myself in you one last time.

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