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# All In The Wrist
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/all-in-the-wrist/
- Published: 2023-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: the pen, seeking a gentler reputation attempted to trade places with the sword to wax poetic as befits its station to carefully consider every word
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

the pen, seeking a gentler reputation  
attempted to trade places with the sword  
to wax poetic as befits its station  
to carefully consider every word

the sword fought back by getting ever duller  
less piercing and less cutting in its ways  
allowed its rusty edges to discolor  
and stayed inside the scabbard days on days

who's mightier, or gentler, that's the question  
they're wielded by the same five fingered fist  
persisting in their rivalrous expression  
though some observe it's solely in the wrist