Rude Stitches
Imwapangla Imsong
PhD Scholar, Dept of English
Nagaland University, Meriema
So then I sit under a dim lamp
Screwing my eyes to miniature detailing
With a piece of tattered cloth
Sewing nights on
Crossing over
Stitch on stitch
All but frayed hems
Mercilessly tangle
My thumb hurts from the pin
But all that lies are rude stitches
Scarring the cloths I behold
All beyond the hands of life
All beyond me
Rude Stitches