Mediumpoint strawberry Bic Cristal

. . . and another one’s gone, and another one’s gone, another one bites the dust.

that flowed from himout of his mouth when his Bic Cristal ran out of ink

he pulled from a jar of pens he kept on his desk

another Cristal

                 maybe twentypercent remainedwondered when last he used it

tried to write

dry

needed lubing

he scribbled

kept slips of paper with ideas on them beside him

scribbled between linesEUREKA

                                  was in business

began printing STOP

that wasnt red

Thas not redthas strawberry Youre supposed to be red

You got any idea how long I’ve been sitting around waiting to be used?I don’t. I’m a pen. But . . . like yourself . . one loses potency anif you think you ain’t brother you’re out of your everlovingfuckin’ mind. Potency, vigour, enduranc . .

. . An you can shut up

                       muttered Think Im gonna be dresseddown by a fuckin penno matter a favourite pen

Truth’s brutal. I can’t begin to count the times I’ve overheard you ply that.

So get over it and write what you were going to write in your letter. Forget your place?

   No

May I say?

You know

When you write you talk, saying your words as you do.

Helps me visualise themtheir expressions as they listen to me speak See if theyre picking up on the puns the tongue-in-cheek

Sure  Take a shot

Goodie.

No goodies

             Ifya gotta say tha don speak

I apologise, I’m more than a little thrilled.

Thas fine I get it

                  Whawas I going to say  write

the ink twisted a bit in the inserted cartridge barrel

                                                         You were going to print If I didn’t say, you wouldn’t know. 

Whell Gawddamn

the strawberry ink may have percolated a wee bit as close to pleasuring itself as a pen may get

Feel good

You have no fuckin’ idea.

0935,  day-between-2-Ts,  10  7. 24

Queen  Another One Bites the Dust  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg53zeCwgnY