"Ghost Writing" 18"w x 16"l, compost dyed cotton with appliqued vintage
laces. Hand and machine embroidery, reverse applique, beading, faced
holes (pink for display background only)
a ghost had sat, wherever ghosts sit,
in the dark and fust and silence, and
silently
embroidered old letters
words
looked like they had run in the rain
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and patched and beaded holes, burnt and torn
and worn,
she he? pulled laces from old trousseaus and
unstrung beads
unravelled threads with no form left, a
whisper of the silk,
a memory of shine still in the twilight
sussuration of bone needle and tiny
mouseclick stitch