Quite powerful and thought provoking. And having spent lots of time visiting relatives in nursing homes myself, not something I look forward to.

Odin, the pensive perception in this is ultra keen. It is, to me, a more positive than negative account of this aged stated of being. How often is the word 'crocheting' in a poem title...that caught my eyes right away. Connecting the 'doing' of the needle work to what you have it symbolizing is beautiful stethoscopic tuning-in. How you described twig-like fingers shedding leaves is a visual most impressive for anyone who has seen up close leathered, thin, veined, knotted, spotted aged fingers. Hole-by-hole surely matches your "punctuating" vision, as any reader having watched avid crochet action can envision those punch-down needle movements, like periods, commas, question marks. And naming the yarn articles in the making, as 'states of being', is wonderful. I like how you finish this with three lines that envoke potential instead of resignation. Beautiful write! ~~ Diana

Surely you lived it through them, in your most apt description of time,all of us knitting our way to what's to come, in one way or the other; your knitting of poetry, knit one, pearl one, well done, bravo!