BY JAY CALHOUN
Listening for
Mrs. Anna Mary Moses
Who became our Grandma
Many works later
What could she know
Of the usual essence
And where did she learn
Of her colors and light
The farming and harness
Of right composition
I imagine her voicing
The essentially usual
Hard and insistent
Like a nail or a handle
Slinging
Don’t slam that door, Tom
Got a cake in the oven
And leave them boots on the steps
Cain’t you see
I’m tryin to paint sump’n
I’m makin a pitcher out here.
