Just So

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The workroom a jumble, the worker intent
on sewing the seams just so.

Her face near her work as tears are held back, 
exhausted, she falls in a trance.

Her mind is crowded with patterns and visions,
textiles, silhouettes, designs all her own.

Behind her the unseeing dummies keep watch,
guardian angels of what could still be. 

It's only a dream, but it's waiting for her
to accept that it could be much more.


This is a draft written in reponse to the 11/6/22 poetry prompt from Miz Quickly.


3 thoughts on “Just So

  1. Reminds me of a modern twist on Cinderella – a dress maker.
    In that movie she ended up being the personal dress maker to a visiting queen…
    And the prince – he followed Cinderella. 🙂

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