sketching and failing
with the same level
of intensity
a five year old feels
much the same
output as well

my hands
are like hammers
but lack the precision
of twenty pound
sledges
when it comes to art

and
that goddamned squirrel
just watches me
with a knowing grin
on it’s smug
little rodent face

i’d challenge it
to do better
but i fear
he would make
a rembrandt worthy
ode to nuts in fall

i may not be a matisse
but i’ll be damned
if don’t have
opposable thumbs
and a rudimentary
concept of science

so take that
you bushy tailed
little bastard
scamper off
to another bench
and mock them