fountain_pens
raze the best i ever had
bled turquoise and true,
and with it i sang hushed
hymns to a silent god who
would never love_me_back.

"disposable," they called it.
which is just another way
of saying, "here is something
precious that will not last."

i keep it still,
in a tomb for other
such spent soldiers,
the nib deformed from
a failed effort to wring
out one last bit of life
when the words began to wane.
250519
what's it to you?
who go
blather
from