narrow lined paper,
college-ruled;
perpendicular
red boundaries,
front and back.
only left demanded
observance, right
a mere suggestion,
a hint of moving on.
what use could we
make of tangible
margins, neat
demarcations to
guide our steps?
as points of entry
and departure ever
providing checks
and balances.

I like the thought. In my case, the margins were just where the teacher put a lot of scribbles in red ink, usually not to praising my handiwork, sadly.
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I’ll never forget the day a teacher told me it was ok to write in the past the faint red line on the right. The first few times I did it I felt like I was breaking some big rule. Bad girl!!!
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It’s funny the tiny little things that seemed like huge great rules when we were kids. π
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I was better at following rules than just about anything else. Hmmm. Might be a blog post in that sentence.
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There could be! π
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Amazing write, writing in the margin was a major move for any child when I was at school haha, we were encouraged to cover our jotters in wallpaper to act as a cover of sorts lol
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Reblogged this on Letters & notes and commented:
Nice, really enjoyed this one today.
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Thank you so much!
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