diff --git a/cwriter/cuuAndEd_construction_bench_test.go b/cwriter/cuuAndEd_construction_bench_test.go
index de87aee..2abbec3 100644
--- a/cwriter/cuuAndEd_construction_bench_test.go
+++ b/cwriter/cuuAndEd_construction_bench_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 }
 
 func BenchmarkWithCurrentImpl(b *testing.B) {
+	w := New(out)
+	b.ResetTimer()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		_ = ansiCuuAndEd(out, lines)
+		_ = w.ew.ansiCuuAndEd(out, lines)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cwriter/writer.go b/cwriter/writer.go
index ad2ac9a..4a7a34a 100644
--- a/cwriter/writer.go
+++ b/cwriter/writer.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
-	"sync"
 )
 
 // https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-sh-bible#cursor-movement
@@ -15,14 +14,6 @@
 	cuuAndEd = "A\x1b[J"
 )
 
-// used by ansiCuuAndEd func
-var escBuf = sync.Pool{
-	New: func() interface{} {
-		b := make([]byte, 8)
-		return &b
-	},
-}
-
 // ErrNotTTY not a TeleTYpewriter error.
 var ErrNotTTY = errors.New("not a terminal")
 
@@ -30,6 +21,7 @@
 // contents of writer will be flushed when Flush is called.
 type Writer struct {
 	*bytes.Buffer
+	ew       escWriter
 	out      io.Writer
 	lines    int // used by writer_windows only
 	fd       int
@@ -41,6 +33,7 @@
 func New(out io.Writer) *Writer {
 	w := &Writer{
 		Buffer: new(bytes.Buffer),
+		ew:     escWriter(make([]byte, 8, 16)),
 		out:    out,
 		termSize: func(_ int) (int, int, error) {
 			return -1, -1, ErrNotTTY
@@ -63,12 +56,10 @@
 	return w.termSize(w.fd)
 }
 
-// if n > 99 it will allocate because escBuf.Get returns slice of length 8
-func ansiCuuAndEd(out io.Writer, n int) error {
-	bufp := escBuf.Get()
-	buf := *bufp.(*[]byte)
-	buf = strconv.AppendInt(buf[:copy(buf, escOpen)], int64(n), 10)
-	_, err := out.Write(append(buf, cuuAndEd...))
-	escBuf.Put(bufp)
+type escWriter []byte
+
+func (b escWriter) ansiCuuAndEd(out io.Writer, n int) error {
+	b = strconv.AppendInt(b[:copy(b, escOpen)], int64(n), 10)
+	_, err := out.Write(append(b, cuuAndEd...))
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/cwriter/writer_posix.go b/cwriter/writer_posix.go
index a6f904f..a32336f 100644
--- a/cwriter/writer_posix.go
+++ b/cwriter/writer_posix.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	_, err := w.WriteTo(w.out)
 	// some terminals interpret 'cursor up 0' as 'cursor up 1'
 	if err == nil && lines > 0 {
-		err = ansiCuuAndEd(w, lines)
+		err = w.ew.ansiCuuAndEd(w, lines)
 	}
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/cwriter/writer_windows.go b/cwriter/writer_windows.go
index f9447a6..eebd027 100644
--- a/cwriter/writer_windows.go
+++ b/cwriter/writer_windows.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 func (w *Writer) clearLines(n int) error {
 	if !w.terminal {
 		// hope it's cygwin or similar
-		return ansiCuuAndEd(w.out, n)
+		return w.ew.ansiCuuAndEd(w.out, n)
 	}
 
 	var info windows.ConsoleScreenBufferInfo