Paper Clip - A Poem (From "Speaking to the Darkness")

You may debate
the significance

Poem: Paper Clip

once straight
now twisted --
again and again

and the time to pull
metal or plastic
into a pliable
yet rigid thread

to partner leaves
or sheets
for a time

and then,
      unbind,

no hole,

only a lingering
impression

once undone.


By Mary E. Lohan