A Thimbleful of Poetry

Digitabulists collect them,

When Wendy offered to kiss Peter Pan,
he was confused.
Instead of embarrassing him,
she handed him a thimble.
Had she really kissed him, he may well
have given up playing with the Lost Boys
and fighting Capt. Hook. 

but they've been around for

almost two millenia, a covering

for tender fingertips, protection

from projectiles pulling thread

through any fabric. Fancy ones are

fashioned from some precious metals

and adorned with glitt'ring gems that

catch the light like this, but Peter Pan 

was tricked by Wendy, sweet and

innocent, to think that what we know 

as "thimble," was instead a kiss.

(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014