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Two Pens

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I write this with a fountain pen; the first time I ever have. The ink shines like new leaves. It rushes out of the nib like blood. The pen is heavy in my hand. It rest between my thumb and index finger like a weary child rests their head on a parent’s shoulder; head heavy with the day’s thoughts and memories.

The pen makes me think of days when the world was in love. When men bowed to women and everyone spoke poetry. It makes me think of sword fights and pistol duels. It makes me think of forbidden love letters written in candle light. The pen gives me all this; the thoughts and metaphors and elegant handwriting. I love the way the nib glides along leaving footprints of words behind. I think I might take this pen as my own.


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I am writing this with a biro, on the countless many I have lost and found and lost again. The ball in the tip rolls and let the ink out of its narrow tunnel. The ink doesn’t shine; it’s flat and dry as soon as it touches paper. The pen feels light and flimsy in my hand. It wouldn’t take much to snap this pen. It blunders along the page and the words all look the same.

This pen reminds me of big rooms of white plastic; the kinds that people call ‘minimalist.’ It reminds me of rooms that have no life, rooms that have been carved out of plastic and money. With this pen, I can’t let out the ballet dancers in my head. Everything is up and down, there is no rhythm and no music. Nothing to dance to. The pen gives me nothing. This pen has no magic.
I stole my Dad's fountain pen while waiting for a webpage to load one night and wrote "I am writing this with a fountain pen.." After a while it morphed into this.

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Book-of-LostThings's avatar
Beautiful work.

The two contrasting parts add a very creative atmosphere.

Lovely.