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Ode to a Socket Wrench
Better than all power tools
is the socket wrench:
its accommodating nature
its chrome-plated steel
its handling of torque.
It can make a complete revolution
from the smallest arc
& as if time could turn
in either direction
with the click of a lever
the past screwed down
the future loose
a spring-loaded finger
clicks against
the gearwheel’s teeth.