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X                          X
X   The sound              X
X   Of a needle            X
X   Pulling thread         X
X   Over and over          X
X                          X
X   The sound              X
X   Of the prick           X
X   As the needle pierces  X
X   The plain cloth        X
X                          X
X   The sound              X
X   Of the friction        X
X   As the thread glides   X
X   Through the fabric     X
X                          X
X   The snip               X
X   Of the scissors        X
X   Clipping the thread    X
X                          X
X   The sound              X
X   Of squeaking           X
X   As I rock              X
X   Back and forth         X
X                          X
X   Begin again            X
X                          X
X   Over and over          X
X                          X
X   Slowly                 X
X                          X
X   Pull                   X
X   Prick                  X
X   Glide                  X
X   Snip                   X
X   Squeak                 X
X                          X
X   Slowly                 X
X                          X
X   The sounds             X
X   Merge to sights        X
X   As a picture emerges   X
X   Where nothing          X
X   Was before.            X
X                          X
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