marlene mountain
other-line sequences
georgia 1970
sumi-e lesson
sumi painter's house
he draws a cockscomb
frogs and mosquitoes wander insumi painter
studies the paper
his brush surprises himwhile he draws
lines of a pepper
his wife mixes teaabsorbed
in his drawing, he mutters
then crumples the paperpleased with his drawing
he tacks it to the wall
like a childspeaking of lines
he draws them
to show us
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