针脚稀疏逊女工,
隔窗谁识是思翁。
如今补衲堪罗雀,
烛焰收撩细窟窿。
*乙巳年夏缝球裤偶兴

Mending a Jersey
My stitches, loose and sparse, shame a seamstress’ hand—
Beyond the pane, who knows this brooding man?
Now my patched robe could trap a sparrow’s flight,
By candlelight, I darn each tiny hole in sight.