Blue ink is friendlier than black,
more feminine. You can sign the papers
and still believe
it’s not quite final.
You can conjecture in blue ink,
and write a check for more than you have.
People will understand.
Some days the lake is blue enough
to be bottled, or injected
directly into a pen,
though as the words dry
they disappear, letter by letter,
sparing you
serious embarrassment.