Road Work

“So,” she said, sipping tea from a Chinese oxblood cup,

“did anything good happen because of your divorce?”

“Well, my emotional palette is wider now. It includes

colors like,” I paused... “like that.” I pointed to the cup.

                      In southeast Winnemucca

                            bypass Route 7 connects

                      two segments of Route 2

                      and is resigned as Route 2

                            although Route 7 is never

                      erotically part of Route 2.

“Quite a price to pay for a palette. But I heard Munch’s

just went for $750,000 at Sotheby’s in London.”

“I heard that too. I think he used a color like oxblood

when he painted The Scream. I’m in better shape.”