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　　Quilts

　　by Nikki Giovanni

　　（for Sally Sellers）

　　Like a fading piece of cloth

　　I am a failure

　　No longer do I cover tables filled with food and laughter

　　My seams are frayed my hems falling my strength no longer able

　　To hold the hot and cold

　　I wish for those first days

　　When just woven I could keep water

　　From seeping through

　　Repelled stains with the tightness of my weave

　　Dazzled the sunlight with my Reflection

　　I grow old though pleased with my memories

　　The tasks I can no longer complete

　　Are balanced by the love of the tasks gone past

　　I offer no apology only this plea：

　　When I am frayed and strained and drizzle at the end

　　Please someone cut a square and put me in a quilt

　　That I might keep some child warm

　　And some old person with no one else to talk to

　　Will hear my whispers And cuddle near