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Day After a Plane Crash by Larry Tatiana Baxter
from Legacy 2004-2005
Day After a Plane Crash
by Larry Tatiana Baxter
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The wool is mortled black and grey.
Stitch by stitch, the plastic needle
Thrusts and pulls the peppered yarn.
The pastor hangs his head and speaks
Of death and triendship, our future, God.
His voice is flat but yet controlled.
The click of entrance makes him pause.
As tardy students hurry in, disturbing
Him with just a hint of quavering grief
Quickly checked. And our class begins.
She slides her half-knitted hat
Onto her head, to check the size.
Not finished yet, she slides it off
And thrusts and pulls the peppered yarn.
