LA BONNE

You are the housekeeper, in an apron

and bonnet, sitting in her only chair

in her attic room in her

allotted repose, embroidering a system

into a sheet, unravelling, going over

again the riddled cloth. I found your

sheaves and sheaves of notes,

your illness, your ontology, your art.

I am everyone coming after, running my fingers

over your spidery lines, forgetting

the rustle made by your dress

as you sat down in your chair.

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