a tale of pegs...

I sometimes use clothes pegs
for purposes beyond the
hanging of clothes.

I employ them in the task of
sealing bags of lettuce,
in making secure

the Bay leaves used for making
soup, and in the reunification
of hitherto unified entities.

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— Tim Mallon (@PatMalo85776814) June 18, 2020

who, with domestic verve, bucket
pegs and stable them safely
each night. While

there are others, whom through
apathy or course indifference,
leave the pegs to grip

the wire and dangle, like forlorn
Soviet gymnasts. And here
is my mother,

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— Tim Mallon (@PatMalo85776814) June 18, 2020

And those long wooden pegs could transform into rather nifty boy or girl peg dolls with the clever use of paint and material scraps.

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 18, 2020