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Pen and ink. Fountain pen. Graphite pencil with a chewed cap. A gum eraser worn thin at the edges.
Stylus and parchment. Typewriter clacking like a rhythmic rainstorm in an attic.
Computer keyboard—each tap a Morse code to the void.
The fountain pen again, returning like a poet’s ghost.
A sable brush dipped in ochre or midnight blue.
A chisel on marble. A ch…