The pencil stuck right
on the right ear fold
while the pen occupies
the left counterpart,
I pull the pencil down. note
the denominations. the pen
follows for the statements.
The ear folds, safe to keep
the handy ones, as my table
is messy with papers, bills,
books and the lap top.
I do manually first, carry
over while adding and
subtracting.
I jot down with the pencil
check, countercheck,
strike, insert, over write
with the pencil, indulge
in erasing some, adding
a few, finally inking
the consolidated.
My ear folds start to hurt
turn red, as I hastily
drag them and harshly
place them back, Most days
I forget to remove them
loiter the whole morning
with them jutting out.
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