[poem] Craftwork
Oct. 25th, 2014 11:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaberettFor all of you; and specifically for jelazakazone, a bit.
I am living a borrowed life on
borrowed time, in that
the theft thereof has not been noticed yet--
my other selves are paper-thin;
they echo in the corners of my eyes,
their futures circumscribed by our own hand
and thereby written out of history.
Egal: perhaps they would be better, but
it's me who's living this, who's
strong or weak enough to hold on tight.
I will make a patchwork of my fractured nights,
my scraps of grace: as ever bound together
with the brilliant shining thread that you,
unknowing, trace.
jelazakazone, a bit.I am living a borrowed life on
borrowed time, in that
the theft thereof has not been noticed yet--
my other selves are paper-thin;
they echo in the corners of my eyes,
their futures circumscribed by our own hand
and thereby written out of history.
Egal: perhaps they would be better, but
it's me who's living this, who's
strong or weak enough to hold on tight.
I will make a patchwork of my fractured nights,
my scraps of grace: as ever bound together
with the brilliant shining thread that you,
unknowing, trace.
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Date: 2014-10-25 02:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-10-25 11:31 pm (UTC)When it got to the point at which I was obviously talking about quilting, it couldn't not be a tiny gift that is as much for you as you want it, really. I just... felt more presumptuous with that dedication than I do when playing catch with art with
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Date: 2014-10-25 03:45 pm (UTC)what would have happened.
Perhaps they would be better,
these subjunctive selves of yours,
conditional on might-have-beens.
I like the indicative you.
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Date: 2014-10-25 11:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-10-25 03:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-10-25 11:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-10-25 09:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-10-25 11:32 pm (UTC)Which flippancy aside: thank you.
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Date: 2014-10-26 10:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-10-26 10:40 am (UTC)Yes, yes. And great title, too.