I take the yellow and black
Stanley Measuring Tape
And place it firmly in her open palm
A perfect impression of a scrub nurse
It lands with a pat
She crosses the room
With a shuffling run
Quietly sidling next to the
Patient cat
She coordinates her small hands
One feeding the metal tape out
The other keeping it from retreating
Into the tools' plastic snail shell
Slowly Slowly Slowly
The concentration required
Forces her tongue out of her mouth
Finally she exclaims,
"Seventeen Pounds!"
