A good pen

By Cristina Alvarez

A GOOD PEN

Cellphone at 20%

I shouldn’t think about him
Maybe later

Always later

Cellphone at 10%

I need to find the proper pen for it

I can’t cry about grief
Without briefly looking for

A GOOD PEN

Cellphone at 5%

And why not
A better notebook
Another life
A better lie

He’s not dead, I say
He’ll wake up

I’m not sad
“···”

I’m not.

Cellphone at 1%

I cannot revive a man
I cannot kill my grief
But I can buy a pen

What else do I need?

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