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Tag: ink

If only Kiton and Brioni made straitjackets

Scribblers sometimes mistake ink for blood, or maybe the other way around.
When it happens, shattered glass slashes through pages that, all of a sudden,
lack subtle onomatopoeias, even though they were never short of promising
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Maciej Modzelewski English poetry, poetry Leave a comment 28/11/2022 1 Minute

My finely encased fountain pen

Lying dormant for years, my fountain pen has lost
its ability to inspire me to transcend all the rubicons
of corporeality. I used to believe that, once baptised
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Maciej Modzelewski English poetry, poetry Leave a comment 24/09/2022 1 Minute

One could always use a fountain pen

When did we stop using fountain pens? I used to like the blue scribbles
on the pages of my notebook. And why would someone else’s words,
if one found them not worth the ink, still be kept in the ethereal depths
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Maciej Modzelewski English poetry, poetry Leave a comment 27/08/2022 1 Minute

My deathbed bride

When I close my eyes, will they shine
once you trade my touch piece for the waterway toll?
You know, there is no room for us both,
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Maciej Modzelewski English poetry, poetry Leave a comment 01/08/2022 1 Minute

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