Multi-Plier
There was a day when I was a man
going in the world doing manly things
I realized my fingers just wouldn't do
in this world doing manly things
I did look so long and hard
at displays in many stores
and read reviews and magazines
looking for what would be just the thing
got the money so very much
for so little it did seem
for something that in my pocket would fit
go on my belt within a sheath
my first pair was shiny bright
would deploy with just a flick
opened up all the tools to show
have be unfolded do the task
there were knifes and there were saws
screwdrivers to turn and scissors to cut
and I did very quickly learn
they did not lock and they would fold
but I really did like that brand
and I thought it was almost the thing
so I did get money even more
a got another not quite the same
still was shiny bright stainless steel
but black locks did it have
the sharp knifes still hold in place
so they did not on fingers fold
I did use it for many years
and I did learn so many things
the screwdrivers were quite small
and the scissors quite a joke
I did learn that I did need
some multi-plier that more serious were
with many tools I could really use
and so I began to search again
another pair I did find
that were quite black not shiny at all
had many things that I did like
and other things that I did not
there were gadgets I'd never seen
a couldn't figure out what were their thing
I did try to use them all
some of them I could not
of screwdrivers I had a need
and of pliers mighty and strong
scissors with a longer snip
and no use at all for saws
I have learned of open frames
grips that hurt when squeezing hard
and of files much too coarse
have not yet found the perfect thing
but there are so ever many brands
some are shiny and some are black
and more tools than I can count
designed to do most everything
I do think I'll never find
the perfect pair just for me
with all the tools that I might use
and none of all those other things
Copyright © William Kofoed | Year Posted 2020
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