Dec 2015
S C E N A R I O :
your mother picks out
paint chips at
the hardware store;
“Christmas Snow” “Teenaged Frost”
“American White”
you don’t hear her ask you
which shade is best
S C E N A R I O :
your father measures
the dimensions of
your yard’s withered grass;
Perimeter equals Length plus Width times two
you can’t convert the inches
without a calculator
S C E N A R I O :*
you lift the hammer
but lower it when
you think of the nails;
hit the Head, not the Point
you’re good at breaking things
not fixing them
*(someone smashed our picket fence)
your mother picks out
paint chips at
the hardware store;
“Christmas Snow” “Teenaged Frost”
“American White”
you don’t hear her ask you
which shade is best
S C E N A R I O :
your father measures
the dimensions of
your yard’s withered grass;
Perimeter equals Length plus Width times two
you can’t convert the inches
without a calculator
S C E N A R I O :*
you lift the hammer
but lower it when
you think of the nails;
hit the Head, not the Point
you’re good at breaking things
not fixing them
*(someone smashed our picket fence)
