literature

Chalking Your Face

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After I’m done with pastels,
I’m always a little sad;

My fingers look like
they’ve been dipped in color.

Every where I touch, I leave marks
and someone get mad.

I wash away the people used to make art,
the ones who were closest to you.

The painting’s here
and my hands are clean.
portraiture
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carpentermiller's avatar
why does this sound like a hidden episode of my childhood?

perhaps it is just the "and someone get mad" line, who knows.

still, i enjoy this because it is misleading: the words themselves seem so plain, and yet they mean so much more