What’s now left of the broken that we can suture?
What can be sewn into a less monstrous future?
Keep the stitching clean & hope it leaves no scar line;
Lest we all look like descendants of Frankenstein.
Some wounds can’t be helped & require amputation.
Swap out spare parts at the recycling station.
Salves, tinctures & ointments made from herbs & water.
Keep a close eye so healing bonds do not falter.
Little earthquakes will break us all over again.
Each time we patch & darn from what’s left of what’s been.
L.B.Stowe 