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GENTLENESS OF MENDING
JOHN SWAIN
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White thread separates
on the knife
to retie
edges torn at the collar of my shirt.
Gentleness of mending
alone at home
in the evening
like when mother sang
at the window.
The vessel on the table
holds a flower of snow
to remember
close warmth
like blood on the cloth
for the appearance
I feign together
with a thimbleful.
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John Swain lives in Louisville, Kentucky. Thunderclap Press published his most recent chapbook, Fragments of Calendars.
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