This morning I was washing walls
--a job I love to hate--
and I'll be honest
I was murmuring
about all the child-size handprints
that were
...everywhere!
Around every light switch
in every room
gliding up the stairway
and through the halls.
I remember the last time
I washed those walls.
They stayed clean
for exactly five and a half hours
...then school got out.
In a few more years
they'll be fingerprinting
around the light switches
and through the halls
of a college dorm.
And I'll be sitting here
in my sparkling house
with freshly painted walls
wishing desperately
to see
those grubby little handprints
once more.
~Diane Dekker 1988
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