palimpsest

add another coat of paint.
no-
don't sand over it-
don't want to see what was under it.

add one more layer.
this is a nautical print
have the lobster pot layer
cover the cloud layer.

erase those words-
replaced with more
{syrup, casts, beach chair}
erase syrup tho.

the paper is now gray
with erasures and
those random marks
left throughout the
paper's usage.
dots from an "i"
bottom half of "j's"
it's changed over time.
still paper though.
still burns.