Late Sewing

There is nothing new in what is said By either a needle or a thread : Stitch, says a needle, Stitch, says the thread: Stitch for the living; stitch for the dead; All seams measure the same.

Garb for the living is light and gay. While that for the dead is a shrouding grey. But all things match on a later day When little worm-stitches in the clay Finish all seams the same.