Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

This reunion of the 'bruising flame' and 'threadbare hem'

"...autumn's splendor, you winder guest..."

This reunion of the 'bruising flame' and 'threadbare hem'

You remind me of
autumn's splendour, you winter guest.
A hem made of wedding lace.
Important and sacred universal laws.
I dare to breathe you in,
your dragon-cave, Mikale.
In your eyes, I am home.
I am sanctuary. Harvest.
Neil Armstrong's moon landing,
thunder and lightning in a
rainstorm, You're right. I'm wrong. I'm right.
You're wrong. You're all
baggy like winter. You're
falling-falling like gravity's
obesity. You're a melting pot of volcano,
of moonlight in near-darkness.
You're 'bruising flame'.

     I'm 'threadbare hem' caught with needle and thimble.






Article © Abigail George. All rights reserved.
Published in the October 9, 2017 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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