Velcro de-mate

in your dreams

did you ever ponder the uniform rows and columns

of Velcro loops and hooks, of how they mate

and hold your posters to the wall, or the two

sides of your shoes together?

the unsung heros,

the unnoticed,

the unsullied.

they have a life, you know, their own

trials of broken links, the debris of endless

mates and demates, the reason for which

your poster eventually falls from the wall.

we measure such things in the lab

in our white smocks, hairnets and booties.

we work for you, our countrymen, in the 

pursuit of pure understanding of your

Velcro.