Jim Fuess Cover Art

photograph by Eleanor Bennett
www.eleanorleonnebennett.zenfolio.com

Memory

Diane Mulligan

How can such a soft knit
snag on even the smoothest surfaces
                                                                    and pull?

Every time I move
it           catches on a corner
or finds some unseen splinter

and I must stop

to tuck the loose threads through,
keeping the surfaces perfect.