


| I wonder when someone says that to me, Does it mean a person’s as smart as can be, Capable of rendering his views in taut, Tight concepts wittily wrought? Is it about ideas clung to doggedly? When I hear it, here’s the picture I see: A paw of some pitiable animal caught, Which has nothing to do with exalted thought But leads me to feel myself entrapped By an adage I hardly consider apt. |
| A Mind Like a Steel Trap By Jean Marie Purcell |