Partly. Rae Armantrout

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       Life’s Work

      1

      Did I say I was a creature

      of habit?

      I meant the opposite.

      I meant behavior

      is a pile of clothes

      I might or might not wear.

      Before all the sowing and reaping

      could go on for centuries,

      before the calendar,

      I must have been convinced

      that my movements

      were both mandated

      and blessed.

      2

      I’ve never been an old woman

      knitting by a fire,

      but I’ve played one

      in images

      where it meant being foolish

      or wise, a mistress

      of distraction’s

      indirection.

      To rock while entwining

      is life’s work,

      but I am reckless,

      restless