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Pele.

She stood by It was as though her form was shifting and finally, when my headlight reached her, she,
now, a young, beautiful woman with her long-nailed hand stretched out.

the side of I felt my leg slowly shift to the brake of my car and she made her way in. She thanked
me for my kindness and then told me she would be going down the road. I wanted to
get to know her. I wanted to stir up a conversation.
the road.
But when i turned my front mirror to her, the words “tell everyone about what’s co-
Her frail hand ming” was burned in my car. And the memory of her forever lingers in my mind. I still
drive that road hoping to see Madame Pele once more...

stretched

out as the

lights from

other cars

passed.

Acrylic on Canvas
i: 36’ by 48’
2021