The Tomato-coloured Couch 6:39pm
I’m taking off
on My Knitting
under the instruction
of My Children’s Grandmother
I have perched My Fingers
on 2 gun-metal rockets, star pointed
providing novice support
for My Earliest Rows
of hot pink
garter stitch
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:52pm
I don’t read any more
& My Idle Hands
are telling Me to take up
a hobby, like knitting
with giant knitting needles
& soft variegated yarn
I could make an Afghan
of no particular pattern
in a flash of leisurely hours
with large loopy-d-loops
& hairy thread
to throw on top of Me
in My Napping Bed
Joanna Gilman Hyde 