An Old Knife

An Old Knife

Chopping leftover onions into tiny bits

Destined for the freezer with some green peppers

My eyes tearing up. Thank goodness I've the onions to blame

The old knife whispers softly as it works.

Beside my pile of onions on the cutting board

Lies the shiny never-needs-to-be-sharpened

Marvel of the cutlery art I bought in the aisle

At Sam's from a demonstrator with a slick patter.

He tossed tomatoes into the air and cut them smooth in half

A single swipe of the "Amazing Eversharp Knife".

So I bought the set for my Sweetie

She says I never sharpen knives.

I mostly use an ancient paring knife for slicing and dicing

Whittled down to a long thin blade by time and years

Scraping back and forth against the patient whetstone.

Old knives are best though you do have to sharpen them from time to time.

(c) 2014 by Tom King