"counterweight"
old needles
drag
a backdrop
sputtering
grease and tea,
a tiny glass horse
shop-bought
now
sideways
cracked and tilted
a heavy coin
wedges its cracked base
for counterweight.
.
Nowadays old needles drag with a backdrop of sputtering grease and tea, and the tiny glass horse we bought at the shop, has tilted sideways then gone cracked. I have placed a heavy coin on its cracked base for counterweight.