Handwritten

I watch the pen write, 
And words magically appear.
Unlike the fingers that type,
Jumbling letters lost for years.

Mistyped cross hatched words,
Backspaced only to be deleted again.
I take a breath; set aside the frustration
I call to the muse, sigh and re-pick up the pen.

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