you shouldn't drink it.

i swear, i'm going to move this off of my desk, take it downstairs and clean it out. i keep reaching for it like it's a beverage because it's sitting in a glass i might drink out of, and it's in the place on my desk where i often keep a tertiary beverage. to my mind it looks a little like prune juice, which i like.

but yesterday i was working on a piece, something that required pens with actual ink and i tried out a couple of nibs and that glass is where i dropped nibs i wasn't particularly using. you know, as a prelimiary to cleaning them and putting them away.

i keep picking it up, distracted by other things, and i keep putting it down without drinking it. i wonder how close i will get before i take it down and wash it out?