I have a piece of string.
It is just a plain, old piece of string.
I don’t tie it around my finger.
I don’t use it to secure my hair.
I don’t even remember where I got it.
I used it for some time – well over a year – to fasten my toiletries bag to my backpack.
Toiletries that, admittedly I hardly ever used.
I removed that small and worn bag today – as well as the string, but I think I will keep the string around for something else.
It never broke once.
I can’t help wonder just what I will use the stringfor, again?
It is just a plain ol’ piece of string, you know? Like a tool you never appreciate – something highly specialized – until of course, you need it.
Yeah, I think I will keep my highly specialized,plain ol’ piece of string around for awhile. Even though it doesn’t seem to hold any outwardly redeemable qualities – beyond those topically discernable about string, that is.
But all the same, it is probably the worlds only acknowledged piece of plain ol’, highly specialized string right now – and that has got to hold some sort of value…...beyond the fact that I can use it again forsomething as useless as fastening toiletries I don’t use, to luggage I pack on my back.
David A. Archer Copyright 2006
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