A Piece of Scarf
I've made you a piece of scarf.
Yes, a piece of scarf.
It's blue and bluish in a
crisscross kind of pattern I've just learned
called a basket weave.
Except it's not a basket
and I didn't weave it.
It's a piece of scarf.
Quite striking actually,
interesting at the very least.
And yes, I suppose it is only the very least
a piece of scarf you can never wear,
you can never wrap around your neck
or drape over your shoulders.
It's only a piece, mind you.
A piece of scarf
for you, though
a token of my affection
a hint of warmth and coziness
that I can't quite deliver in full.
A piece of scarf that is visible
in its incompletion,
whose potential shows up
in thousands of missing stitches.
(November 2017)
Es hilft nichts sagt sie Da ist nichts zu machen sagt er Das wird nichts mehr sagen sie Nichts. ist nichts wird nichts hilft nichts Eben. (Februar 2018)
| I am | I might be |
| a routine | a regret |
| a habit | a challenge |
| a duty | a mess |
| an appeasement | a hassle |
| a compromise | a detriment |
| a reality check | a deal breaker |
| a mismatch | an assignment |
| an American | a mistake |
| a risk | an exhaustion |
| a volatility | a strain |
| an accusation | an impossibility |
| a dismissal | a reminder |
| an exclusion | a dread |
| an expense | a warning |
| a loss | a vulnerability |
| a gain | a chore |
| an ambivalence | an anger |
| a reason | a resentment |
| an excuse | a departure |
| a disappointment | an absence |
| a drag | a damage |
| a mixed bag | a cost |
(November 2020)
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These are very interesting. I especially like a piece of a scarf and identity calculus. I also like the term Journal Leaks…like something seeped out before it was ready! Thanks for sharing!