[ WP ] Describe an object within five feet of you in as much detail as possible .

My pen pot is an old Penguin Books mug, smooth and cool, ivory with a grey band at the bottom, its surface pebbled with two small handle remnants, sanded smooth so I do n't cut myself. `` One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' by Ken Kesey; the author's name is printed in black, so is a brief summary of the book, but what stands out most against the subtle background is the orange penguin logo. The penguin's head is tilted slightly upwards, at the bristle of pens above it, as though unsure what to make of its re-purposing. 
 
 It's stuffed full of pencils… a few HBs in stripes of red and black, yellow and black, looking schoolroomish, formal. There are penguin book pencils which I bought at the same time as the mug, and have n't ever sharpened to a point so, pretty and pointless, they stand out like colourful porcupine quills. The grey metal ruler jabs the air at the back, the scissors have their black handles helpfully towards me. My old bone-folder, from my bookbinding days, and a couple of watercolour brushes break the monotony of stationary. A pair of needle nose pliers are jammed into the middle. If I wanted them, I'd have to take everything else out, first. There are a couple of nice Cross pens in there, but my hand nearly always grabs the e-spares.co.uk freebie ballpoint, because it writes so nicely… I make sure it lives in the front, when I bother putting it back. 
 
 The mug of pens has a post-it note stuck to it today. A small square orange one, with black ballpoint scrawl on it:'Monday 19th 2-3pm Tesco delivery' to remind me not to wander off or listen to music before the grocery delivery comes. That was for yesterday, of course, but the obsolete note still sits there. I'll swap it out when I make the order for next week. 

