chrysalis

they say    
put the pen down    
euthanize it.    
Never wrote right    
anyhow,  they say    
it dries up    
or spills    
is too unpredictable    
and unreliable.    
Ain't worth its weight    
in chewed up plastic    
they say.    
Sure    
I'll admit she's been funny    
near troublesome.    
Stays up late, drunken, unintelligible.
Stays in bed, hardly awakens for work    
and only dots i's when it's convenient.    
But    
I am missing matches    
and sandpaper    
hear scratching    
and smell sulfur.    
If I didn't know better    
I would think she's becoming    
a zipgun