The pointy end of things you get
with helical blades adjacent
engineering feats that men forget
the humble pencil sharpener
screwed upon a workshop wall
always roughly four feet tall
a handle crank for use by all
the humble pencil sharpener
Self feeding holder so adroit
at gently carving the sharpest point
graphite lubricates its joints
the humble pencil sharpener
A marker is great and so’s a quill
I type and write with little skill
but there’s a place in the world for this one still
the humble pencil sharpener
