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DIDN'T WANT TO STICK MY HEAD
INTO THE PENCIL SHARPENER I
WAS THE ONLY PENCIL A LITTLE
BLUNT AT ONE END WITH AN ANGRY
LITTLE SMUDGE OR RED SO I
TOOK THE RISK AND IN I WENT
CERTAINLY I'M GLAD THAT I DID
FOR A START MY LEADEN HEART
FELL AWAY ROTATING IN STRIPS
ELONGATING IN WRINKLED SHAVINGS
I THOUGHT I WAS BLUE AT FIRST I
LIKED THE SHARPNESS BUT AS THE
BLADE MOVES CLOSER TO THE EDGE
I FIND I AM BECOMING GREYER
JUST LIKE THE REST SO I ROTATE
FASTER SO THERE WILL BE NOTHING
LEFT BUT THE PENCIL SHARPENER |