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.