July 05, 2024

Crazy Quilt

The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia
is cracked. California is splitting
off. There is no East or West, no rhyme,
no reason to it. We are scattered.
Dear Lord, lest we all be somewhere
else, patch this work. Quilt us
together, feather-stitching piece
by piece our tag-ends of living,
our individual scraps of love.

 

Jane Wilson Joyce, Quilt Pieces (Gnomon Press, 2009)

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