i like to keep my pencil sharp. but my blade is rusted.

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yesterday i heard a gnawing at my kitchen window.  
i tiptoed over to open the door and scare the rodent to hell.  
my security door was seized shut. 
the rodent stood upside down staring at me.  
i eventually, with great consternation and fierce focus, 
dismantled the errant lock and rubbed a fiery red habanero on the chewed sill.  
my hand was burning. 
the squirrel was barking on the roof.