sewing in my pajamas

sewing in my pajamas

sewing in my pajamas
I take out various pictures of you
and my golden fabrics
change the needle
iron the lining
coffee keeps me warm
and love keeps me working
Janis Joplin seems like
the right music
all that joy and pain of yesterday
yeah

6/96 for alina


gifts of the imagination

gifts of the imagination
pester me
while I ought to be paying bills, weeding the garden, changing tires
mopping the floor
sure you have to weed to get roses
but I'm only going to live to 100
so I'd better get to work on my quilts