Losing the Thread

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Joanna M. Weston

Family gabfests are apt to range swiftly from one topic to another: memories shared;
a touch at politics; who is doing what, when, and where. An endless discussion that
leaps from math to kids to computers to books …

LOSING THE THREAD                            012.6.29.12.mexican cats, clay.blog

our conversation moves
from stool to rocking chair
picks up trailing fingers

curls over one son’s head
then weaves arabesques of laughter
over the coffee table

until it drops into a cave
under the chesterfield
to be eaten by cats

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first published in Hammered

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About Joanna M. Weston

Born in England, she lives in British Columbia. She is married with three sons, Joanna has an MA from the University of British Columbia. She has published in numerous anthologies and in magazines in Canada, the US, UK, and New Zealand, such as Canadian Women's Studies, Convolvus, Endless Mountains Review, Grain, Green's Magazine, Prairie Fire, Spin, Wascana Review, CBC Gallery, and many more...
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