Cursive

Someone important said

people should write in cursive.

I wasn’t sure why

it seemed that technology

was outdated.

–

I’ve bought a few pens in my life

at the market, online, always for gifts.

What weight?

What point?

Why does it matter?

–

Now, sitting here,

sword sponsored by Sonoco,

the billboard’s bent ballpoint bouncing

within its too wide tip,

clip

shattered

by hyperextension in 2012

for a hyponychium stretch,

I understand the artist-brush relationship.

–

But I stash my lemon carefully

because inspiration might spoil

searching too long

for comfortable tools.