I’m playing a video game
where the protagonist oversees the production of
ballpoint pens, maxing efficiency, procuring
the necessary raw materials
assembly lines, fewer steps, a newly designed
model which is easier to fit into containers
undeveloped land, empty storage facilities
the ocean floor, the plains, all needed
in the supply chain which truly is a worldwide
operation with the ballpoint pens stacked to tree height
along the shore and in the expansion pack
the opportunity to advance to other solar systems