Pen Pal

I write in pen

to get comfortable with my mistakes

to catch all my thoughts

scatterbrained

and fleeting

pens scratch the itch to write

better than any graphite

the use of ink before pencils 

has led me to believe

that pens were made for writing

and my thoughts are most pensive.

GertietheGremlin

VT

16 years old

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    if the memory is tainted

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