"HATCHET JOB"
It started out, oh, I don't know,
A couple hundred years ago.
Seems that Georgie finds an axe,
And then a cherry tree attacks.
(And Lizzie Borden one day chops
Her mama's torso, more-so  pop's.)
Georgie's axe was willed to me,
Down from another  century.
Despite its age it seems quite new.
Replacement heads? It's had a  few.
And handles? Yes, I do lament,
It's still the same old  implement.
Museum piece? Those words I dread.
I've stored the thing inside my shed.
And so, poetic must I wax,
When telling of my "ancient" axe.