pencils

the corners warp into a roll

and all the new teeth manage

to gradually misalign. 

all the circles

I try to draw are ovals and

all my squares

are tilted and difficult. 

I'd rather be on the roof dissolving leather in acid and pretending to be unrestrained

-both grungy and credible at once- 

but I can never get to the roof,

since all the ladders I try to draw

are rickety

and unreliable