Helen's Quilt
From the Kente' cloth
etched into the fibers
like your knitted embryo
when I carried you
From the Yoakum cloth
torn in places
woven with brightly
colored yarn
From the Third Ward cloth
tattered and ripped
to form squares
sewn into my heart
From the Gee's Bend cloth
discarded patches
springing forth like life
Esperanza
From the cloth
Scratching my sin
or worn soft
against my jagged edges
From your daddy's threads
Stretched cloth seething
unraveled in places
And Yet holding
From needle pricks
crooked double stitches
unsure yet inventive
desperate spun exaltation
From emerging craft
well made as your choices
flapping like sunlight
turn the fragments into warmth
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