Through the Needle’s Eye
Milton Jordan
October 2, 2022
When they say they’re praying about their decision
They’ve already decided.
Mark Jarman, “Don’t Get Your Hopes Up”
Not that my camel could not thread the needle’s eye
but every needle within my reach is eyeless.
No matter the sharpest point, every project
I imagined aborted before it began.
Cloth, plain or patterned, in my hands, showed no stitch,
no mending nor decorative borders,
and leaders I petitioned for useful tools
answered with prayerful words but empty hands,
narrowed eyes watching from inside the city’s gate.
Milton Jordan lives with Anne in Georgetown, Texas. His collection, A Forest for the Trees, is out from Backroom Window Press.
