[after Charles Simic]
Tay Arrow Sherman is a rubber band.
Such items have neither beginning nor end until broken.
Is she a red or a blue rubber band?
It depends on what she is wrapped around,
What entanglements she contains.
Who wraps this band around asparagus and pencils?
It is your beloved Tay Arrow Sherman.
How many items can she hold?
All of them, if she is very, very good.
Why will she hold them?
She will hold them, my little ones,
For reasons known to none.
And who snaps her across the room?
A baloon salesman, a carny,
And a witch with blue hair.
Will she carry her load or fly in the stratosphere?
She will orbit the atoms themselves in a top hat.
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