self portrait

i pull the brush

down

across the canvas. blue,

then red.

is it still life,

or a landscape?

self portrait, perhaps.

i can't paint.

or draw.

i try, but it goes nowhere.

a cow

looks like a dog.

i give it a large set

of eyes.

a child

could do better.

i turn it upside down,

then sideways.

i splatter it,

i spill paint on it.

i take my hand

and smear it into a puddle.

that's better.