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When a pen pauses,
and shakes a little,
and the nib refuses to touch the paper,
no matter how much you push it,
know that you are going to lie..

Pens have been purified,
from the day earth was born,
do not murder its soul,,
when its role is to bleed for truth!

-Noor
Ye khaki apni fitrat mein na noori hai na naari hai.

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