Friday, January 30, 2026

ARTIST'S WAY

olivia says how you know you're a real artist
is if you keep surprising yourself

she’s six, purple eyes from kicking the wall 
drawings of huge circle heads 
shaky long lines radiating out from beautiful 
spider labubu eyes

if i try to tell her what i see she says 
NO like a switchblade

or squeaks helium glee
sighing luck on
my love

RIGHT!
a family! a castle!
a fairy computer salon! 

in her maddest hour
purple eyes flutter in time
to traffic, drunk on cars
icing out all dumb
questions

she hates it when we stop
the car for gas
or home

KEEP GOING!

that’s the blinking red
you know you don’t have to listen 
to that one


2 comments:

  1. Icing out all dumb questions - she’s a real one <3

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  2. no like a switchblade. beautiful kid portrait <3

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