Rather Oddities

1.
What is a knot
and how
does it happen
unintentionally

in wires and
hoses and yo-yo
strings?

How does it stay there
for such a long time

and grow stiff
like we do when
we get old?

How does it keep
sailors alive
and sailing?

When does it die?

What do we do
when we become tied
into complexities

like knots?

2.
What are you
frail balloon
that you should
curve

like a lover's body

You are no sphere
yet imperfect in
this
world.

Why do you fall,
like eyes on
beauty?

Where are you going?

How
do you
fly?

3.
Giraffes walk right when
they emerge from their mother,
so covered in birth.