Hook 1
a hook for an eye this ribbon for a slip
there’s a pigeon in the pot and tree makes the room
your foot on the boards your head in the sky
no mind if your stockings snag are splinter-caught
the red thread frayed or snag
walk now on swollen feet on feet that are bound-in
with red and orange with stocking threads
these can be mended these can be made whole again
you wouldn’t even notice the tear
Christine Murray
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