still. Another man taps needles deep into my back, down my spine until a cry or grunt escapes my lips and ... tows me with his needles and I float. I let go of everything. I let go of my family the thousands of ...

her needle was going in and out, in and out, and she moved to get nearer to the light, his light, ... their light, and her head rested on his shoulder. She was still sewing. He watched her needle darting in ... liked. She put the needle down, sighed, sucked her finger where she had pricked it, turned her head up, ...

grant that I may not be found wanting, that I will not fail this sacred trust. The free, floating needle ... there, or whether the forces that guide its needle are good, bad, or indifferent. This is what I could ... dog lab and met Bella. Now my needle bobbles and spins-North, South. East West. I could not have ...

I was the heart of the needle through which flowed a luminous filament and the supplication of a woman ... of the sea. I learned of you through the eye of the needle, through the enchanted wheat-ears that ...