Becoming art

She’s a table,
A little old,
A little rickety;
Covered with paint splotches
From all the projects
She’s helped kids work on
through the years.
She’s not a work of art –
Or is she?
Perhaps
(and I never really wanted
to believe this)
Assisting others
is enough;
After a while
You no longer need to do art –
You become art.
But wait –
I wanted
To make some of those splashes
Myself!


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