Lead Paint

Lead paint. It used to be in everything. I grew up in an old house. Everything gets touched, paint chips got touched. Lead paint. I might have chewed on it at some point. We’ll never be sure, someone else owns that house now. My mom wonders sometimes. If she should have watched me better. I tell her that it was different back then. Lead paint. I don’t remember what it tasted like. I was a kid. Heavy metals are dangerous. I tell her it was different back then. Heavy metals inside by blood. Lead paint. It used to be in everything. When I get a small scrape that draws blood, I remember: Lead paint. It’s still here.