Tool

by He Xiaozhu
     trs. by Sophia Kidd

the tools I bought arrived
a hammer   and some electric scissors
really nice   I put them on the table
reluctant to put them in the toolbox
why did you buy more tools?   she asks
don’t we already have a hammer and scissors?
my explanation   that other hammer is useless
I can’t even get really angry at it
when fixing a chair
but the scissors
they’re harder to explain
every pair of our scissors is fine
I bought these oil green handled electric scissors
just because I like them