Weave Room: What They Say  is mostly lost to the roar of the
looms, the sound they can feel in their soles as they patrol the
alleys for breakdowns and broken ends. But they say it anyway,
coming together, putting a hand on a shoulder, leaning in, mouth
to ear, and then mouth to ear in reply, almost letting lips
brush the scalloped cup, exchanging jokes, flirting, telling
secrets, all in shouts, mostly meaningless, save for the breath
the other can feel, the warm, damp words like a lotion.  "Weave
Room: What They Say" first appeared in The North Carolina
Literary Review