Imaginative Writing: "The Knife"

I never thought that a piece of nonfiction could turn into how Richard Selzer describes a simple cutting tool.  The very first image--"One holds the knife as one holds the bow of a cello or a tulip--by the stem.  Not palmed nor gripped nor grasped, but lightly, with the tips of the fingers." (p.262)--blew me away.  I didn't even know that creative nonfiction was supposed to be like that, but this poem is the perfect example of a good creative nonfiction piece.  He goes on to compare a surgeon to a poet, "...the scars you have made on countless bodies are like verses into the fashioning of which you have poured your soul." (p.263).  He continues to make medical metaphors and similes of this knife, goes on to describe different types of knives. I didn't like the knife's comparison to rape, however.  It was quite disturbing to be honest.  But the final lines--"The knife rests.  And waits." (p.268) were an abrupt ending that I wasn't exactly expecting.  Overall, I liked this piece.  Some things I wouldn't have put in there, but then again, I am not the author of this piece.