Abruption

Abruption

stain

       bleeds into fabric

like Rorschach’s cards

      intentionality   and

purpose        by         chance

         stubborn

it resists the frantic drubbing

of fabric against fabric

        maintains

its shadow

                     if nothing else

but that is enough

to call for the bleach

     preach out the          residue

          the          imperfections

the        missteps

        so hard to live with

so indelibly there

—Katherine M. Searle

                 4 January 2016