Old Woman Planetold woman crochets
with a knife in her mouth
ready to cut the thread
that holds her to earthwhen the blade falls
she will fly loose
into the universe
free to carouse amongst stars
and swing a wild journey
from Venus and backher design will unravel
one stitch at a time
double, single crochet
diminishing hook by loop
until she ties
earth and her work
with a sailor's knot
dips feet in the cosmos
sits on a black hole
and begins to crochet
again