These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Creative Impasse

You try to learn to do the new,
yet what we've known is stronger.
Crocheting with some threads won't do.
There's progress, but it's wronger.

With threads so smooth I can crocket,
or knit or friendship knot it.
With scrubbing threads, what can I say,
"They're bumpy, splayed. I caught it."

I made a scrubber, but just once.
The smoother thread was working,
but this material won't ensconce.
I can't crochet. I'm shirking.

by Jay O’Toole
on April 19th, 2024