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Its twoinch trays
have engineers
that convey glue
to airplanes
or for old ladies
that darn socks
paper clips
and red elastics—
What is the end
to insects
that suck gummed
labels?
for this is eternity
through its
dial we discover
transparent tissue
on a spool
But the stars
are round
cardboard
with a tin edge
and a ring
to fasten them
to a trunk
