a knot for the nettles and ditches
   a knot for the ragwort’s scald
a knot for the ghosts at the holy well
   a knot for the missing child

a knot for the bat’s zig-zag flight
   a knot for the swallows’ swerve
a knot for the cows bedding down at night
   a knot for the apple’s curve

a knot for the butchers’ singing knives
   a knot for the sow’s scream
a knot for the hurrying midwives
   a knot for the shoals of bream

a knot for the fisherman’s catch
   a knot for the hungering nets
a knot for the door on the latch
   a knot for a foolhardy bet

a knot for the hand on the window pane
   a knot for the glove and the gown
a knot for the barbell weight on the chest
   a knot for the lung as it drowns

a knot for the hay and the harvest
   a knot for your husbands and wives
a knot for your sons and daughters
   a knot for their flickering lives

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