The Web Laureate

as parts to a whole do order,
as oxygen,
as floors,
as path,
to air,
and buildings,
and way, of right.

alone —-
but parts,
lost, disconnected.
distance —
no supports,
disparate, wreckeded.

and salved,
do the wounds,
more nuisance
than plight
bother the whole,
until held just right,
in tight knit
bound of box and of board,
to supply and make
ready, the
just right cord.