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was outdated.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.
