In Praise of the Erasable Pen

I write almost all of my first drafts in my journal in erasable pen.  It looks more serious than pencil but can still be erased and changed easily.

                                                     In Praise of the Erasable Pen

                                                  Less than indelible, it admits
                                                  all permanence is pretence anyway
                                                  while its eraser top proclaims
                                                  perfection is a ruse as well.
                                                  Mistakes have been, are being, will be
                                                  made. Aye, there’s the rubber that meets
                                                  the written word, promising to expunge
                                                  all error, eventually, so that even this poem
                                                  may be pardoned as part of a perpetual first draft.