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Pick Me Pick Me

I quiver with excitement.
Here comes Big Hand.
Will she pick me up?
Big Hand picks up a pink paper clip.
Pink paper clip sticks her tongue out at me; we loathe each other.
She always thinks she’s all that when she gets chosen over me.
I can do small jobs too, you know, I think with a sigh.
My arch enemy, clipped to the top of several sheets of white paper is lying on her side now, gloating.
I cannot believe her smug grin.
Big Hand is moving again toward me.
Choose me! Choose me! I yell, but only in my mind, as I have no voice.
Big Hand picks up a pen and begins to write, types on the keyboard.
Plick. Plick. Plick. Plick. Plick. Plick. She types fast.
Picks up gray eraser, furiously tears him apart all over the paper.
I am relieved she never does that to me.
Typing again.
Plick. Plick. Plick. Plick. Plick. 
Stops.
Decimates eraser a bit more.  Scrapes his skin off onto the floor.
I feel hopeful because I almost always get used after Big Hand does this much typing.
This is always when she needs me the most.
I listen to keyboard clicking for three days, and two nights. 
On Wednesday morning Big Hand moves precariously close to me. 
Is this my day? I seize up with excitement.
She slides a bunch of papers into my large metallic mouth.
Snap. Snap. 
She looks at the teeth I have left.
Smiles. Satisfied.
I happily stick my tongue out at pink paperclip.
Who is the top dog now?

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CayCay Jennings Date: 3/15/2018 4:20:00 PM You are as full of imagination as I am, I really enjoyed Mr. Stapler and his eagerness in this delightful personification. Poetry hugs ... CayCay Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 3/16/2018 7:09:00 AM Thank you, CayCay. I was looking at my stapler, and I thought, "HEY!"

Old Buck Date: 3/13/2018 10:39:00 AM Nicely done Caren. Sometimes I think I hear the weeds in my lawn call for me, then I realize it's my wife's voice. :o) I enjoyed this. Keep them coming. oldbuck Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 3/13/2018 12:06:00 PM I will, I shall, and thank you!

Line Gauthier Date: 3/13/2018 10:19:00 AM I wouldn't have imagined so much dramatic strife on your desk, Caren. Don't let it go on, it could only get worse. LOL Charming poem. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 3/13/2018 10:24:00 AM Thank you. I was sitting here staring at my teal stapler, and I heard her talking to me about how much she dislikes it when I use the pink paperclip.