Mikaela Castledine #52 Not Superstitious

I've misplaced

my favourite crochet hook

it's only a cheap 5mm Aero

none of your fancy ergonomics

just aluminium

the grey worn to a tactile silver

in the places where my fingers touch

I've made at least forty sculptures with it

thirty crows two eagles a pangolin

three elephants and four rhinos

one life sized

but it's ok

I'm not superstitious I can start this piece

with another hook

look it's fine

this one is a little smaller but that's not a problem

in fact it could be better to have a slightly finer loop

I'll just get on with it shall I

or perhaps

I'll just go upstairs one more time

it might have fallen

and rolled under the table