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MASKING TAPE

When preparing to paint the walls a shade
Contrasting with your moulding, apply a strip
Of blue painter's tape along the edge
You do not want to change.

You do not want to change.
You want to remain eternally youthful,
At the maximum of both your power and the wisdom
To manage it. And that's where ever-useful
Masking tape comes to your aid.

Masking tape comes to your aid
As the spray trucks pass through the neighborhood.
Affix the protective polyvinylchloride sheeting
To every window. Keep them covered for the duration.

From the outside, the effect is pretty and mysterious.
It's raining. I'm off to the doctor's. Don't go near
The fridge, or, well, you'll see.