oh the hours of unpicking

We are the new women. 

We wouldn't be seen dead 

knitting. 

We make up our lives

to our own patterns:

they are intricate

and ambitious,

bold and original,

coats of many colours.

But oh the hours of unpicking,

trying to get back

to where they went wrong.

 

[Vicki Feaver {1943- } 'Unravelling', from I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine]