Debra Kemper

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There they stand
all bunched together
in a black coffee mug.
...

I think I need more half-full bottles of water to clutter my desk.
More papers, keys, boxes of pens, and post-it notes.
More paper clips, pencil stubs, staples, and mugs.
More tissues and tiny pieces of chalk
...

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Debra attended Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. She teaches English 12 and Creative Writing at Twin Falls High School, in Twin Falls, Idaho. She is the mother of three children and grandmother of five grandchildren. Her husband, Bruce, is a retired Qwest Engineer.)

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Arrows Of Thought

There they stand
all bunched together
in a black coffee mug.

Most of them are the standard yellow,
but, one is red,
three are pale blue with yellow bunnies, and
two are green with pink hearts.
All have a proud pink nub on the top.

They gather stoically -
their potential
hidden in their innards,
waiting to be pointed towards
a thought.

They sit,
nonchalantly mute,
until grasped by
fingers with white tipped nails,
or
fingers with dirt-caked
knuckles.

It is amazing to watch
when
a pencil is
deliberately
picked up and aimed.

Somehow, without a cord,
or a memory card,
or one little megabyte,

magic begins
as pencil
meets
paper.

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