The best means to address
a missing sock is found
in a poem, the home
of rhyme schemes.
For, in the first place,
socks need not match,
as we now know a poem
need not end in a plan.
But if not for mates
we won’t know when
one goes missing
or another is lost.
Then again, in this
morning’s laundry,
alas, two socks
in a mismatched
duo, and, instead
of looking around
for their mates,
decide to pair off.
The Coming of the Toads 