# That is not a pencil.

By [altherob](https://paragraph.com/@altherob) · 2022-05-11

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Could this be the start of something big?

We'll put you on the list.

You have a big stain on your sweater.

You console your children, not yourself.

We should go.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

I need to go back to school.

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