What Was Left Over

--- a/mending.txt
+++ b/mending.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 collar holds. seams hold.
-second button down is gone.
-a loose thread where it sat.
-the buttonhole still open, still waiting.
+a button off the grey coat that died last year.
+shank wound twice, the way she taught me.
+the buttonhole closed now, holding, done.
 hangs by the door all winter.
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 it was returned. no such number.
-the stamp on the corner unfranked, unspent.
-the flap dried out and would not stay.
+soaked the stamp off in a saucer, dried it flat.
+brushed the back with paste and pressed it down.
 left it on the sill a long while.
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 warp set. weft packed firm.
-near the selvage one thread snapped.
-a thin run opening toward the edge.
+one length pulled from the leftover bobbin.
+threaded back through, over, under, over.
 the rest of the weave still true.