I PAINT
& I KINDA reconnected
with my estranged brother recently
He's a painter
in NYC
his partner is a performance artist
AJAX
their CHILD
the birth
was an INVITATIONAL event
we've been looking at
each other's paintings on Instagram
as you do
I did this one
SUMMER in Houston
it's a little abstract
BUT
there IS a person
BURSTING into FLAMES
which I think is pretty realistic, actually
he's done like 1500 paintings
of CUBES
since Christmas
I was telling my therapist about him
he's ALWAYS been hyper-active
OH is he ADHD
Ummm you are REALLY not
PICKING up the
CONTEXT CLUES doc
DIAGNOSES?!
like, will you NEXT
be asking me about my experience
with allergy shots?!
he bounced off the walls
it's hard to hit a moving target
BUT mom had GAME (physical)
ANYWAY
he commented on my SUMMER painting
that dad would be
so PROUD (physical)
& I remembered
KINDA
how we got estranged
I wanted to COMMENT
BACK
BUT
I haven't figured out yet
how to TRANSLATE
my EXPERIENCE
of dad
into something he can understand
AND it's just not worth it
it's HATFIELDs & CAPULETS
BUT
I'm reasonably certain
he's expecting
SOMETHING more along the lines of
(bunch of physical)
weeeeeeelllllll
yeah, uuummmm
I got NOTHING
BUT
ANYWAY
I'm pretty sure it's not ANYTHING even remotely LIKE
I don't want to hear
some sh*t about PROUD
you can
f*CK right off
with THAT
SO MAYBE 🪣
(bucket emoji)
your move
