Zip, or Micrology: Very Short Poems About Very Small Things
By Kelly Cherry
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Zip, or Micrology - Kelly Cherry
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Intro
You’ll find herein
minimal poems
meant to intrigue
and trick you in-
to thinking hard
about small things
from pennies
to strings
and, perhaps,
string theory.
INORGANIC
Power
Children feel powerful when they own a whistle.
Kim Jong-un prefers to launch a missile.
Wayfarer
A button sewn on shirt or dress
is brilliant until it disappears
under unknown duress.
Parsimony
Snips of thread, if we save them—
maybe from a fraying hem
or heel of an unraveling sock—
may make a skirt or useful smock.
The Smile
The smile speaks words:
Kindness
Enjoyment
Fondness
Sweetness
Congeniality
Help
A smile is something like a dictionary
but you don’t have to look it up.
Just smile.
Correction
Consider the hat.
It lingers in the hall
on a hat rack.
Occasionally someone will pick up the wrong hat
and stroll out with it on his or her head.
All one must do is turn around and put it