By Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
LYING THROUGH TEETH
It sucks
when grandma lies through teeth
chewing gums
selling machine embroidered cloth
as handmade lace
Blame it on the financial crisis:
doublespeak
for unnatural selection
A sad day
when old women
needle each other over last straws
The village
stitched together from silk
cut by seam rippers
eaten by moths