Marginalia Set Ides of March loose enough to breathe but

loose enough to breathe but close enough to hold her together

deliberate

Taken from the Ides of March collection

spun from the pale wax of cymbidium petals left too long in the sun

of sentences left unfinished

Marginalia Set Ides of March loose enough to breathe butA silk velvet top in the muted flush of a decision deferred. She dressed like departure was imminent then allowed the hour to thicken around her. The top holds the body the way a corset might, but without the severity. Silk velvet, dense and light thirsty, absorbs colour into something deeper wine dimmed to dusk, coral fading toward ash. The print moves across it like feeling without language. It fastens with intention. Not restriction remembrance. It