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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
for the vacation —