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The Life of a Pencil
by Zoe McCaffrey (6th)


Dancing
Swirling
Spinning
Twisting
Writing
Drawing
Contradicting

All of this is in my brain
This need to sway flows through my veins

Tripping
Falling
Then–
Erase!
And then gone
Is my mistake

All my mess-ups can be gone
With just a swish! It’s a new dawn

Grinding
Pounding
Stressing
Breaking
In the sharpener
I am shaking

A scary part that leaves me better
I can write stories, poems, letters

Failing
Shrinking
Leaving–
Left

A pencil you
Will soon forget

My time to twirl has met an end..
I hope, at least, I was your friend