Saturday, June 25, 2022

Tornado

As in so many homes:

Mini tornado force of nature children

Relentlessly seek out something 

new to do

Calmly tearing through the house 

on a mission to make - lord only

knows ... 

And what a to do!

Wearing one down with endless debate

like an ongoing Depp/ Heard Case. Whew!

Then Whirring

Into /out of -  the kitchen again

Leaving Macaroni splattered floors

and doughy tomato sauce

on kitchen cupboard doors

Lopsided fringes slowly and  

CARE-FULL-Y cut 

with blunt nail scissors!


These endless mad-science experiments

Interspersed with long moments of silence... 

Then happily emerging with

Vivid turquoise cakes, Perfumed pens, 

sinks clogged up with paints 

A riot of acrylics casually smeared into

brand new pyjama sleeves.

And always, 

with this tornado child?

Always there is more!




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