October’s Needle

A crow on the porch
And a cat in my lap
The sky growing dark
And descending

A sigh on the wind
And a stab in my brain
This season could use
Bloody mending

-me

Painting: Female Hands Sewing by Giovanni Boldini

~ by April on September 17, 2021.

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