Scott Simpson · Poetry

Old quilt

Selected Poems 1989 to 2009 · source pages 279

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Source page 279

Old quilt

lying in her room wind-

ows close-

d, only a

lump of shad-

ows, loose and frayed

stitching, pieces miss-

ing or torn, thin as a ten-

fluttering

backside of Ever-

est, on-

ly one can-

dle in side.

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