The Pencil and Eraser Were in a Horrid Fight

by Kalli Dakos

The pencil and eraser
Were in a horrid fight,
It went on through the day
And well into the night.

The pencil wrote a poem
About erasers that can't write,
The eraser erased the poem,
And he did it with delight.

The pencil wrote a sign,
Keep erasers out of sight,
The eraser erased the sign,
And he did it out of spite.

The pencil wrote a note,
"You're just a parasite!"
The eraser erased the note,
Not a word was left in sight.

The pencil and eraser
Fought all through the night,
And when the morning came,
They had disappeared from sight.