TRI: slim and shiny;

I search and rummage

through the vanity,

my nails all grimy.



Trim the clawlike integument.

Clip, clip, snip and clip,

get them all in shape;

file them, keep them squared.



TRIM: slim and shiny;

back into the vanity.

The drawer is never tidy;

my nails no longer grimy.


`

Frederick Kesner

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nail-clippers/