Patch by Louise

Creator: Louise
Story: this patch
has no right
or wrong side
no up or down

it no longer functions
as a mend
to trousers
bought
a decade or more ago

the black patch
is from trousers
older than that

this patch
represents
six pairs
of lunch trousers
and
one hundred or more
small sewings, using real silk thread
my mother left,
house martens, ravens
flying and nesting
the russian fishing fleet
in Folkestone bay 1964… sheltering
a palaver mat… in progress now

all in stem stitch
the only one I do
other than running
to patch the patches
Rights Holder: Louise