and at first everything was better
the hammer explained that for the nails to be useful
he had to hit them on their heads
not because he was better than they were
but it just made sense
they could not function correctly
if they were not driven into something
the force used was to build
and everything would be held together for all
but then the nails started to notice
the hammer kept hitting them
even as structures rotted
and nails were wasted on abandoned projects
but by this time the hammer had been joined
by many more hammers
and the nails found they were held fast
unable to move
no longer sticking out.