She smiled and wondered
If he even knew
A Rembrandt from a Renoir

“No, I mean PAINT me, silly!”

She longed for the feeling
Of cool, wet latex dripping
From her nipples, running
In rivulets of color between
Her thighs, down her
Calves, between her toes.

Jason hesitated as
She began to remove
Her t-shirt.

She stepped naked onto the
Tarp in their empty living room.
Brush in hand, he dipped
Into the can of New Colonial Yellow
They had chosen together
At Sherwin-Williams
With the help of a salesman who,
Like them, sought warmth. He had
Thick glasses and an unruly
Mustache which she knew would
Tickle.

Jason touched the brush to her
Belly and she winced from
The cold latex.
She felt the paint making it’s
Way down towards her sex.

She grabbed Jason’s hand and
Moved it around her torso.
He hesitated.

“Paint me.”

With more confidence, Jason
Moved the brush back and forth
Across her lithe body, liberally
Dipping and painting her naked
form.

She laughed as he painted her
Nipples with the
Cornflower Blue Semi-Gloss
The cool paint on her body
Was a refreshing, colorful bath.

When he had finished painting her,
She pressed herself against the clean, white
Wall and stepped back to admire their
Work. She was there on the wall and
There in the room. The wall was a kind of
Impressionist mirror.

“Perfect.”

I watched as he
Carefully set the scene.
Half the wall was painted green,
A ladder
And painting supplies,
were placed just so.
He poured the small can
Of blood red house paint
On the floor
And hid the can.
I walked away
As he laid down,
His dark hair soaking
In the paint,
And waited,
To prank his brother,
Once again.

“This’ll be the
Best Prank Ever,”
I heard from the other room,
as his brother’s car
Pulled in the drive.

each new resident

finds this place fresh and new

I come in to a place

full of hopes and dreams

fears and foils

and erase them

with a new coat of paint

leaving it empty

but each layer hides

the lives of the ones who came before

a new coat of  house paint

a new family

but hidden

just beneath the surface

each one

that came before

So I called the Law and the Law Won
because Authority Always Wins.