Imprompt Letter to Yourself

Dear Me Fifteen Summers Ago

Do not paint your gables purple.

They fade before the rest of the house does

and it looks like someone from

a third-world country lives there.

And then you’ll have to paint the whole house

while your children are home

 instead of relaxing and visiting.

And you’ll be up there high on the ladder

putting a coat of Kilz over the purple.

At the same time, you’ll have to

prepare for a writer’s conference.

So choose cream instead.