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Michael Graber reads
A Primer on Quilting an Adulterous Scene
in RealAudio format.
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Weave the high tones of conversation
into a quilt, still threadbare
where the wind has taken your loose hair.
The silence is too much not to mention.
Just sew what is hard to say—
the tilted faces of wild children, our
frozen spouses, lonely as dying stars
whose lights barely flicker after day.
Go inseam with a faith you've lost since youth
like a girl who runs through glass to follow a bird
and stops, noticing blood stains on the floor.
Unstitch the untrue-the hearts, the kissing booth—
and gather images you've naturally earned. . .
spilt wine on denim, a motel door.
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