FIG. 1 is a rear view of a writing instrument of my new design;
FIG. 2 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,
FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof.
The broken lines showing the bottom and top are included for the purposes of illustrating environment and form no part of the claimed design.
	
	  
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