I like the within-line rhyming here.

Carved into a lovely triolet-form... my favorite image and linguistic construction is the unusual "still-life knife". I think traditional forms sometimes generate the construction of such concise, unusual poetic ideas. It's an allusive (as in paintings of fruit, bread, often include) a "still" knife also it sounds like 'still-life' and amusing that way... and illusive... for as the writer in his "still-life" isolation might constantly write on with it... and elusive -- those who might be cynical of his words and forms... are always there...and he must write on and elude them. (whew) I just realized there were three variations of this!