Ode To A Zipper Poem by Sidi Mahtrow

What it is that makes one appear
To challenge the meshing forces of a zipper
That come together as one
When a bit of force comes along.

Caught up in the fabric
And unwilling to wait
The shaped charges embrace
When brought face to face.

Yet a single piece of unwanted thread
Causes the tangle that all dread
When between the maws of the opening
There remains no single way of coping.

Struggle as one may like
Soon disaster is about to strike
For a forced separation can cause
Destruction by Nature's laws.

What else to do?
When solutions are so few.
Trying to gain freedom and release
When one only wants some peace.

The tension of the organ within
Continues to demand some end
Of the problem which has assumed
Monumental proportions for that entombed.

Finally with a struggle
That ends the tussle
Freedom at last is at hand
With a final pull on the extended tab.

Relief once short lived
Now must face the fact that violence gives
A new problem to be solved.
How to reunite that which was just parted?

(Perhaps this isn't about a zipper at all?)