A Spread Quilt
By Declan Fry, Craig Santos Perez
Published 27 June 2023
A spread quilt, silken, shadows
lengthen, resolve into shape. We lie here
casting around the remains
of the day, impressions of form, gathering life:
tiny entrails of leaves
teased by the wind, cast
on the pavement, the playgrounds,
the sleeplessness of being.