Keep It Simple

It could be all so simple
     if we painted every room the same,
maybe flesh tone would be best;
     we wouldn’t have to paint ourselves
or seek out matching clothes
     when we stood around talking
to the walls, each to a separate one,
     and of course scaling the windows
would be easy too, like
     dancing on the ceiling — just one
step above the molding and the one-note
     symphony would sustain our one frozen gesture,
maybe a hand over the eyes,
     just in case another color
were to intrude into our perfect home.