All day long you sit and sew,<br />Stitch life down for fear it grow,<br /><br />Stitch life down for fear we guess<br />At the hidden ugliness.<br /><br />Dusty voice that throbs with heat,<br />Hoping with your steel-thin beat<br /><br />To put stitches in my mind,<br />Make it tidy, make it kind,<br /><br />You shall not: I'll keep it free<br />Though you turn earth, sky and sea<br /><br />To a patchwork quilt to keep<br />Your mind snug and warm in sleep!