Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

I Never Even Heard of a Serger

my sister sews
Has a Cadillac of a sewing machine
it cost as much as her first house

it has gadgets, dials, electronic commands
intimidates me

She plunks me in front of a serger
I never even heard of a serger before now
I am going to have to look up how to spell it

On a regular sewing machine, you do not sew off the material
on a serger, you have to sew three or four inches of stitches off the material
It takes me a day to get used to this

fancy sister
fancy seamstress
fancy machines

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Sara Kendrick September 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM Great that your sister has such a nice machine. There used to be a fabric called serge, there used to be a stitch called serge and now a sewing machine that is called a serge and it does serge stitches I am guessing. Advancements just keep on keeping on don't they. Sara K Caren Krutsinger September 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM yes that is correct