2 B
or
not
2 B

...that: is the pencil!

But words for me
are noblier...lovelier

when written
with a 7 B.

One can almost hear
imagine the words

leaving the end
of the pencil

the shushing sounds
of graphite atoms

leaving its trace

forming the loops
and trills of my hand writing

writing about
nothing but

writing this poem
about writing this poem

with a 2 B
pencil.

Dónall Dempsey

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-m-a-paper-and-pen-man-me/