Show 4 tH 44 t I 1 amm 1 A CRAZY QUILT fr dy by DOUGLAS MALLOCH 04 f u 5 ilij i II ij THEY aliey do thorn them any mere A for quilts are cheaper at the store than mon homans womans lans labor though a wife wen men think the cli thing in life kut but now and then a quilt is spread upon a quaint old walnut bed A crazy quilt of those old days that I 1 am old enough to praise some woman sewed these points ind and squares into a pattern like ilke lifes cares here Is a flannel that was strong the poplin that she wore so ion long A IS f fragment to ment from a daughters dress like her a vanished loveliness odd Pl patches Itches of such than things s as these old garments arid and old OIL memories and nhat Is life A crazy quilt sorrow and joy and grace and guilt with here and there a square of blue for some old happiness we knew for FM so tile the hand of time will take the fragments of our lives and make out of lifes remnants as they fall A thing of beauty after all cc 0 1928 douglas malloch |