my oh my how time flies

i spend

the morning sharpening

a box

of yellow

number two pencils.

slowly

i turn

each one around and around

in the tiny

hand

held sharpener.

a plastic blue thing

i find

at the bottom of a drawer

with marbles

and rings,

rubber bands

and old keys.

it's a box of twelve

so it takes

awhile.

i touch each new

sharpened point

with my thumb

then put them back into

the box,

closing the drawer.

i finish around twelve.

which makes

it lunch time.

time is flying these days.