i’ll have to do it,
give it back some day
no matter what
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but for now,
i’ll grow flowers in spring
dance and sing
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and let me eat cake!
(My life is mine. I made it, and it is mine to do with how I choose. One day I’ll have to give it back—it’s certain. Until then, let me live it and savor it—day by day, bite by bite.)
This painting by Wayne Thiebaud is taken from a retrospective of his work now on display through April 10 at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, PA.
