In the attic under the eaves. Writing desk tucked between collar beam and window. I feed a sheet into my Olivetti Roma, manufactured in the 1980s by Olivetti Do Brasil. A travel typewriter with smooth keys, 13pt micro elite typeface, grey case with eye-catching red trim. A detail that recalls the best known works by the architect Lina Bo Bardi.
In a cafe across the North and Baltic sea's, a chronically ill poet reading from a collection of body horrors offers the advice: “Write what you know”.
I check the line spacing, the page margins,
Lock the paper in place.