Staplers

I.  

a thin crooked staple

scars the top right corner

as a frown scars a beautiful face.

II. 

a straight staple

with braces, those two

points that punctuate from

the back like the lover

who offers her mouth

full of metal.

III.

With an emphatic electrical

thump, twenty-four pages stapled

together by perfection:

a straight staple in front,

two perfect metal clasps in

back, tiny teeth hidden in

the depths of knowledge.