Crayons

 My ninety-six count crayon box
must be almost fifty years old

Sharp and sleek
have become
little nubbins

Bright and dark
worn down
to flat and dull

Children's hands
outside the lines

Teens creating eyesores

College dwellers
trying to be
neat and orderly

Open rarely
for decades

Who has the time for rainbows

Now
as the last box for us all begins to beckon
I am
once again
outside the lines
creating eyesores

April 11, 2022
Tressa Lee Breen
Day 11

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