Passed on like tigerskin or
autographs, down through the family.
A stranger's sturdy
towel/nightdress,
Romanticised, stored
and recreated to present
arms of ancient, noble purpose.
towel/nightdress,
Romanticised, stored
and recreated to present
arms of ancient, noble purpose.
Now: ordered lines machined and repeated.
Folded by hand
like an ambassador's napkin. Photocopy as
like an ambassador's napkin. Photocopy as
relic, collective karaoke.
Noble is difficult, like good,
but old we can do,
and fast.
