23     Painter’s Tape

 

Loyal to duct tape

I am now cheating

With the easy to tear

Blue tape of painters

 

Wide and narrow rolls

Artists have known

Of this wonder over

Time and trial

 

Houses taped at edges

To protect the walls

And baseboards from

Unintentional daubs

 

Heavy watercolor paper

Held down before wet

To remain in place as

Beauty begins to appear

 

I have too many rolls

And this morning I will

Bring MaryAnn her first

I am changing a life