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Little scratchings [323]

Little scratchings

Faded jottings, grey on yellow,
fill the space between the margins,
crawl across long lonely lines,
stumble over each erasure,
circle doodles in torn corners —
long forgotten.

Once — but that transpired long ago,
my mind constrained, this notebook blank;
dour thoughts spilled and stained the pages,
now stacked journals holding secrets,
jaundiced like abandoned ivory —
turning sallow.

But in the back — a pristine sheet!
My hand trembles, grabs a pencil —
scribbling once more.

© Copyright 2022 Kåre Enga [178.323] (20.januar.2022)

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2nd place for Jnuary '22

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The Taboo Words Contest ~ On Hiatus  (13+) create writing that has wings #2139468 by Choconut

Prompt: A BLANK PAGE. Taboo words: fresh, clean, new, promise, resolutions, or any derivatives of these words