An Unpainted Masterpiece - James Humphrey

An Unpainted Masterpiece
For Norma

Wire
staples
wooden tool box,
pigtailed daughter
in Spring's
first
brisk light,
helps
her daddy
repair
pasture fences.

When you grew up
where
did
you
go?

What
did
you
do
with your life?

Did you
make a
difference?

Did
you
try?

Now
I can
see
who
I thought
you were
only on
Internet

painfully
and longingly
touching the glass
of
a
Winslow Homer painting..."

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