A Pencil Poem by Ray Hansell

It can help to write the greatest novel
Or even the greatest song
It's and thin in your hand
But yet, it still is strong

It can help an artist
To sketch his greatest work
It can help a poet
To erase away a mistake

It can help a president
To avert a war
It can help a housewife
To write her shopping list and more

A pencil is used in may ways
A million times a day
Look at what would happen
If the pencil should ever go away


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