Sharp pencil.

 

Blank paper.

 

No eraser.

 

No mistakes allowed.

 

Find another pencil, my mind says.

 

Don't get a new piece of paper.

 

No, find an eraser, it says.

 

No mistakes allowed.

 

I haven't even tried to write on the paper yet.

 

I don't want to make a mistake,

never be able to fix it,

then have to start on a new paper.

 

I can't find an eraser though.

 

No mistakes allowed.

 

Duller pencil.

 

Blank paper.

 

No eraser.

 

No mistakes allowed.

 

What if the paper won't like the pencil?

 

Should I write on it with this pencil?

 

It's a dull pencil.

 

No eraser.

 

No

 

mistakes

 

allowed.