sun glow, electric lime, robin egg blue, periwinkle, razzmatazz

i once had a teacher who docked points if you doodled on your papers

she said that flowers distracted from what was really important
what was really important was math

was equations 

capitols 

grammar 

spelling 

but I thought flowers were important

so I doodled 

and I lost points 

don't let the parents get you down
don't let public school get you down
don't let 12 years of adults putting creativity caps on your head and giving you compliments like
"math looks so good on you."
"has anyone ever told you that you would look beautiful in physics?"
"this geography really makes your eyes pop!"
get you down

they took away my crayon boxes and told me to use pencil instead of pen in case I made a mistake
they made me spell "creativity" and "imagination" out loud
they taught me the definitions

and tested me on it every week
but they never told me to try it on

and they never told me it made my legs look long 

or that it complimented my skin 

they took away your crayons when you left third grade but now they're scattered all over the floor of nelson's room so now's your time

to pick one up

and draw some flowers.