the pencil

smells

of cedar

bears

teeth

marks

from

toting up

bridge

scores

measures

at arm's

length

distance

proportion

in sketching

a spring

landscape

releases

the words

tumbling

unfiltered

down the lead

covering

a pristine

page

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