He Writes

Sterling Good
Jul 27, 2017 · 1 min read

He writes poems on the stub of a pencil

Hands smudged on the essence of “I love you”s

New strokes on the tails of old emotions

Never asks the paper to come up to meet his finger tips

Always feels the words under his nails

He writes poems

On the stub

Of a pencil

Sterling Good

Written by

Cripplepunk. Queer. Poet. Often told that I feel Too Much. sterlinggood16@gmail.com

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