Stitch It Together

A default position of mending,

mandated by my mother's example

and by my natural bent toward thrift,

teaches me the beauty of the stitch.

Glitzy sequins hide the join

of leftover sewn to remnant.

Feather-stitch embellishes a seam.

The whole is a cosmic crazy-quilt

of stars and fiery comets

in the service of waste-not-want-not,

never just a make-do affair

but an opportunity to fire up the blaze,

to illumine the ordinary by shine and sheen and spark.

Stitch it!

 

 

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