Note to Self: Get a Pen

Note To Self: Get a Pen

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I'm serious, go, get a pen

one that suits your style

don't spend a lot on it

price is no substitute for comfort

gotta feel relaxed in hand

while you scribble and jot;

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too fat and it sits awkwardly

an unwieldy testament to force

a wider style of handwriting out

too slim and it may fly

from hand to cramped writing

words without appropriate spacing.

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Gel, fine point, fountain, quill,

it matters, gotta feel right.

1 millimeter writes widely,

words start to pool, muddled,

fountain drags and scratches

I don't want my words

to have texture, only meaning.

Quill? I'm no pretentious scribe.

Aye, a fine ball-point gliding

instrumental to my chicken scratch

0.5 millimeters, oh so fine.

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This cheap piece of plastic

fails to weigh as heavy

as the lines I wish I'd write.

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Here I wait, in line

Bitching about 75 cent pens.

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