Scott Simpson · Poetry

The Hobby

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The Hobby

I pulled fabric from a shelf—

not because I had to, not because

it would make me better.

But because color is

its own reward.

I forgot the time. Let my phone

grow quiet. Threaded stillness

through my fingers.

I wasn’t producing.

I wasn’t performing.

I was choosing.

And in the rhythm of my hands

I found something almost

sacred: a life that fits.