Ode to a New Black Ballpoint Pen
written by: Eric Robert Nolan
@ericrnolan1
Black liquid silk, bleed out
from onyx talon-tip:
like spilled obsidian liquor
indelibly defacing lace,
like a gleaming needle leaves
glissading sable scars of curling script,
let slip the sliding
black racer snakes to trace the page.
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