Finger Paint

Finger Painting

yellow dollops

on polished paper

chubby hands sunshine circles

scarlet red

slips through fingers

streaky sunsets autumn lights

little thumbs

press cobalt blue

purple dots and scary things

vivid green

mixed round and round

until the whole is yucky brown 

Alison Cassidy

I don't know who thought it would be a good idea to get some finger paint and let these girls go at it. 

Actually, I do. It was me. 

See the couch behind them? Now it has a blue streak across the top. 

The pants I'd just washed and put on that morning, now have a red and yellow smear. 

The bathroom, oh my, it looked like a container of finger paint exploded in there - door frame, wall, light switch, sink, faucet, shower curtain, bathtub - they touched everything. 

Ha, creativity. Thank goodness it's so much fun!