Interrelations

Nacreous
is mother of Pearl.

Pearl,
who goes by Purl,
is twin sister of Knit

who is always the one
brings the family together
at Christmas
and other times.

Time,
Father Time,
ran out
on his first wife, Space,
claiming he needed more,

took up with Authority.
But the family
never took to Authority
(ain’t that the truth).

Truth,
by the way,
is the daughter of Time,
though she was born
of necessity.

And Necessity is the mother of Invention.