Paintings

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She makes paintings

of dogs,

park benches,

people.

Sometimes,

she draws the same thing

seen in morning light

then seen right before dark

the colors change.

she says,

‘light’ pictures are more hopeful,

‘dark’ pictures are more melancholic.

‘Do you feel bright when it’s bright

and dark when it’s not?’ I ask, curiously.

She looks at me as if

dissatisfied..

the colors change.