Butter Flies

2016

16" X 20"

Oil on Panel

SOLD

I am Zoë’s Mima.

This makes me happy.

So does her smile

her giggles

that eye brow that raises
when she is puzzling out whether or not I am teasing

the length of time she will study a dandelion

and how still her breathing becomes
when she is painting at her easel
beside my easel

the way she crosses her legs
and rests her chin on her hand
when she is the shop keeper

her sighing heavily when
she tells me about how her dog ran too fast
and has to have a cast on his leg
and she won’t be able to walk him for daaaaaays

 I am still finding white price tags
taped in corners of the studio
three feet from the floor

that she remembers where I put my keys
and that we tell each other our dreams

and at dinner
what were our favorite parts of the day

that the chalk outline of her 5 year old body
is still visible on the studio porch
as she is about to turn 6

and that we both
love butter.