Creative Writing: Clean Slate
Note: this is for the sheer pleasure of writing, not so much about perfect production. Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash Clean slate: pure, plain, and black. Though today, clean slates could also mean a white board, so then the description would be pure, plain, and white, which fits so much better into a Christian viewpoint. We don't like to think of pure and clean as black, that is so evil instead. This was the poem that came immediately to mind when I thought of clean slate: "He came to my desk with a quivering lip, the lesson was done. 'Have you a new sheet for me, dear teacher? I've spoiled this one.' I took his sheet all soiled and blotted and gave him a new one all unspotted. And into his tired heart I cried, 'Do better now my child.' I went to the throne with a trembling heart; the day was done. 'Have you a new day for me, dear Master? I've spoiled this one.' He took my day all soiled and blotted ...