made from false starts
'not followed through'
I do not mean lies
nine patch, flying geese, curved pieces
and layered scraps that look like houses
Also there are red left overs,
dots and hands and hearts
diamonds are forever I thought
geometric shapes - triangles, circles, squares, little grids
big stitches made with a big needle
that fit together like a jig saw
like a zig zag
like a stumbling flag
quilts are flags for the bed said Margaret Atwood
to give it an inside
the backing is some rayon I purchased for a skirt, never made,
another false start
it is messy and loud and full of false starts
linked togethher with threads that I untangle from each other and proceed
I connect myself together with these stitches,
watching downton abbey for the second time
home made cookie, cup of red rose
she said that I was hiding
