<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b>“Paint”</b> by Mitchell Browder</div><div><br></div><div>I picked up a brush </div><div>and 80 bucks worth of paint.</div><div>After a few tries, I know</div><div>that kind of artist I ain't.</div><div><br></div><div>So I will paint a picture</div><div>in your head</div><div>with the words </div><div>that I write instead.</div><div><br></div><div>I'll start with the sky...</div><div>use your imagination</div><div>blue, blue like </div><div>the first day of summer vacation.</div><div><br></div><div>Next is the grass,</div><div>tall and green.</div><div>The breeze makes it wave</div><div>and the sun makes it sheen.</div><div><br></div><div>Just beyond the grass </div><div>are the sand dunes</div><div>and just above that</div><div>a seagull looms.</div><div><br></div><div>The air is sweet </div><div>with the scent of the ocean</div><div>and the coconut </div><div>in my suntan lotion.</div><div><br></div><div>The sun is warm</div><div>and bright.</div><div>I have to squint to see</div><div>that little boy's kite.</div><div><br></div><div>I crest the dune,</div><div>and there is the sea.</div><div>The waves crash and foam</div><div>and softly roar at me.</div><div><br></div><div>I wade in; it is quite cold.</div><div>Now let's sign this in the sand</div><div>where the waves hit the shore</div><div>and sea meets the air and the land.</div><div><br></div><div>Now step back and look. </div><div>What a wonderful view!</div><div>And the canvas can go wherever</div><div>because it is in you.</div><div> </div></div>———————————————<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></body></html>