By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 5 October 1998

watercolor

     that painting
     that watercolor painting
     I painted on a page
     in my blue scrapbook
     in a motel room
         in San Antonio
      before I left for basic training
         that painting?
         that watercolor painting
           of an angel
            with tears
           in her eyes
           reaching for
             Saturn?
            that was me
             reaching for
                 you