Thoughts while packing for a move

That blanket I started while pregnant

Those cloth dolls I started while pregnant

That quilt I started while pregnant

That needlepoint project I started while pregnant

That round robin quilt block group I started while pregnant

That needle felting

That beading

That spinning

That scarf

So many lives

I started while pregnant

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This is just to say

I have discovered

the thank-you note

I wrote you

in 1998

and which

I never mailed

but I did stamp

and seal

Forgive me

we loved those books

so Boynton

and so dear

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Does this spark chagrin

Does this spark regret

Does this spark your life flashing before your eyes

Does this spark a memory of that time we