ANNA JACKSON

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Castle Stitch

There is another stitch we use
called run-around-the-castle.
First we go to Brittany
by car and car ferry.
Then we run around the castle,
passing ourselves like parcels.
The castle is full of history.
We skirt it
like the thorns skirt Sleeping Beauty.
It makes a pretty memory.

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