All The Aprons

on a bright summer afternoon
when the old grandmothers were resting
after a day at the lake
and a before supper ice cream cone

when the youngster was still
full of the energy
of the fluttery purple finches
and the sparkling imagination
of last nights twinkling fireflies

Zoe asked if she could play dressup
in the studio

yes
look in the kitchen drawer

can I try on these aprons
yes
said the grandmother artiste
from the other room
with the easel

and then it was quiet
just long enough
for the grandmother artiste
to figured she should
peak around the corner

and this is what she saw
with pink fluffy fluff ball in her hair
Zoe had tied ALL the aprons on
one at a time
on top of each other
all at once

what you can’t see
here in this painted rendition
are the bright red
shiny stilettos
that her curly little tippy toes
were balancing on the end
of her silly little legs

just love
her goofy little self