abstract

you draw a circle
on the board
with the blue stroke
of a brush.
this is your life.
some get in
some don't.
they have their
circles too.
red, green, grey.
sometimes
the circles over
lap, some are
large, some
small, some are
actually straight
lines that go
nowhere and boxes.
some are splatters
flung from
across the room.
before you know it
what was simple
is now a jackson
pollack painting
and you want
to start over.