while his wife ate seafood salads

as if it was a regular job

seascape protruding from a trashcan

exactly how he feels

how many years ago was it

the rote act of writing

the rote act of writing

incidental thing in the background

the way the paint flowed


Dorothy Abrona McCrae
by Judy Malloy
Narrabase Press, c2000, 2008
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