quilting
-Lucille Clifton
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somewhere in the unknown world
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a yellow eyed woman
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sits with her daughter
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quilting.
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some other where
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alchemists* mumble over pots.
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their chemistry stirs
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into science, their science
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freezes into stone.
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in the unknown world
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the woman
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threading together her need
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and her needle
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nods toward the smiling girl
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remember
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this will
keep us warm.
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how does this poem end?
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do the daughters’ daughters quilt?
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do the alchemists practice their tables?
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do the worlds continue spinning
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away from each other forever?
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