Dust and Ink

By Mallory O’Bier

Clickety-clack,

New and black;

Click-clack-ding!

And the paper rolls back.

Letter then letter

Line by line,

White paper is marred

By a black ink design.

Clickety-clack,

Old and rusted;

Years have passed

Since last it was dusted.

Silent and still,

It speaks no more;

Hasn’t since

The last World War.

But letter to letter

Line by line,

Remain the white paper’s

Black ink design.

  Mallory O’Bier is a 20 year-old Servant of the King, Word Hoarder, dreamer, and avid reader, who lives with her parents and two siblings near an “End State Maintenance” sign in Virginia. She first picked up the writing habit keeping journals, and corresponding with friends. From there, she expanded to recording snippets of her imagination that closely resembled poetry and prose, inspiring her to become a writer. Mallory likes to write just about anything, especially fantasy fiction, whenever she has the time and even when she doesn’t. Her mom is her writing consultant, and her siblings are the walls she bounces her wildest ideas off of. Aside from writing and reading, Mallory enjoys meeting a friend for a chat at the cafe, participating in online classes, talking shop, practicing guitar, watching old movies, paddleboarding, drawing, and playing games with her siblings.