I keep a tiny screwdriver
shorter than a thumb
in a wooden cigar box
on the dresser
in my bedroom.
I use it to tighten the screws
on my glasses
when they get loose
which I usually notice
while shaving
or brushing my teeth
in the morning
which is why
I keep it in the bedroom.
I've been keeping it there
for about forty years now.
If friends or relatives
were to find the tiny screwdriver
in the wooden cigar box
they'd think nothing of it
or maybe assume
it got there by chance
like the patterns of leaves
on a sidewalk.
But they'd be wrong.
It's there for a reason.
And when that reason comes along
I reach in
take out the tiny screwdriver
and tighten the screws.
No rummaging around.
No wondering where I'd left it.
Just reach in and take it out.
Simple as that.
