A field book log (Instead of speaking to you in poetry I started having to speak to you in lab report...)

Instead of speaking to you in poetry I started having to speak to you in lab report.

A collection of letters becomes a field book. Just state the facts. Be perfectly accurate. Don’t erase, don’t scribble anything out; strike through only. Always use a ruler. 

From flowing, verbal sketches to having to include every (clarifying) detail, and instead of painting a pretty picture or making a unique and special picture with words, I become a black and white printer.