Merritt Johnson

Weave a basket big enough to hold children, ancestors, old homes, water, food, the weight of memory, fire starter, things to wash with, pots and pans and kids toys, seeds, blankets, a sharp knife, old bones, lost teeth, shells and baby things, a tarp, medicine and a comb, strength, spare parts, extra seeds, something to dig with, rubber bands and string, needles and thread, a hammer and nails, patience, pliers and sticky things, a hatchet and bandages, extra clothes, a slingshot and stones, endurance and more bandages, ballast and floats, and leave enough cracks for things to fall through when they turn to dust