Wednesday, June 2, 2021

the pencil sharpener

i can't find the little
blue plastic
pencil sharpener, so i go
to the kitchen
drawer and pull out a steak
knife.
i try to whittle down
the round bottom to a fine
point
without cutting off one
of my fingers.
it's impossible.
chunks fall away until
half the pencil is down to
a stub.
i'd never survive
the coming apocalypse.  

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