In February
The Flying Carpet
thinks that
for many of us,
this has been a time of
tying up loose ends*
The Flying Carpet
thinks that
for many of us,
this has been a time of
tying up loose ends*
of the morning glories' past**
the dried remnants
of dragons' blood
We find our balls of twine**
We bind up and secure***
and carefully store
in packages and boxes and baskets
in packages and boxes and baskets
Some of us make bundles
that turn into collages****
that turn into collages****
We send away and share*****
We compost, burn,
throw away******
We collect the tangible
and the intangible
in the attic of our memory
and the intangible
in the attic of our memory
We make room
for what happens next
* a year of morning glories bundled
**Thank you, Jill
***Blaze of Glory Japan Journal 2007
wrapped in furoshiki
**** Wrapping 80 Collage
*****Thank you, Michael
****** a bundle of charcoal from Omori-cho, Japan
