i have a new knife
it is a small knife
it has bone handles
brass pins and silver bolsters
a badge on one bone reads UN-X-LD
a trade mark from two centuries ago
two blades fold neatly into the handle
it took many people using their hands and machinery
that was new when my grandfather was young
to make this knife
this knife looks like the one i remember
one fall afternoon
when grandfather sat in the yard on the chair he had made
unfolded the small blade
and neatly cut the ends off ripe pecans
The Ace Hotel Notebook 