Cheesy Ode to Lithography #3

( to be read with a beer in hand, like some sort of beatnik poet)

gum arabic, pH strips, nitric acid.

by the ounce, check the color, count the drops slowly.

check the color, count the drops again.

mix well.

check the color.

again.

too red. start all over.

ovulation testing kits are simpler than this shit.

Cheesy Ode to Lithography #2

( to be read responsively, so find a reading buddy!)

beauteous stone! cold pure welcoming me with her oleophilic surface

i am a blank slate. awaiting your touch

let me drape you in papers of red oxide and graphite

i am wedded to thee like an albatross

let me woo you with riches of wax and arabic and tusche

your words sing through my fossilized core

there is a hesitance in my heart, fear of mistake, ill planned, poor execution

tusche me, touch me!

i must not sully your gleaming surface

MAKE A GODDAMN MARK ALREADY!!!

with zeal and courage i mark my love upon thee!

… are you sure you meant to do that?

evil seductress.