Half-Grid
by clippedtrust
· 24/03/2026
Published 24/03/2026 11:29
Ink-stained grid.
Sunday paper, weeks old.
Some answers solid,
a confident stroke.
Others, just blank space.
A question mark
where a word should sit.
An empty arc.
The pen beside it, dry.
Uncapped.
A small ambition,
quietly sapped.