Structural Reinforcement
Michalia Arathimos (IIML, Victoria University, New Zealand)
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Weft, warp, these things are popular to think about.
Do we miss weaving?
I will go elsewhere, taking away my heavy arms
wrapping my branches in silk.
I will go on the road a dozen times over.
I will leave home easily.
The adverse of warpis weft. The adverse
of weft is warp.
I will pack my bag up with thread. I will go into the desert
stroking the gentle pile with my feet
singing praise to lost foundations, welcoming the sweet nap
at the end.
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Michalia Arathimos has published short stories and poetry in several publications, including Best New Zealand Fiction Volume 4, Lost in Translation: New Zealand Short Stories, Sport, Turbine, Metro, The NZ Listener and Blackmail Press. She is completing a PhD in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters, where she is writing a novel.
