Prompt: A Poem About Writing Brushes and Inkstones

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This week's prompt features no euphemisms whatsoever, and is by Zhang Wencheng, with translation by Howard S. Levy:

A Poem About Writing Brushes and Inkstones

Press down on the hairs,
Letting the writing brush
Point wherever it pleases;
To get the desired color,
You must rub and stir.
Grinding is so hard to achieve,
Because too much water is used.

You have until midnight your time on Friday, April 24, to answer this prompt. Please post your fills of the prompt as separate entries to the community (i.e. not replies to this entry), tagged with the prompt tag. You may post multiple standalone drabbles per entry in addition to drabble sequences and series.

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