On the back porch
A Hot September evening
Plein-air painting

Person 1: Ah well.
Person 2: It’s not like you thought it’d be
                  Is it
                  I’m sorry, I was hoping not to have to say, I mean do this to…….
Person 1: But wait, can you hear the wind murmuring?
Persons 2&1: Silence, listening
And then:
Person 2: I hear  car door. Tell you about it later.
                  “Hi, good of you to visit……
Later, still painting:
Person 1: Ah boy, something’s wrong…..
Person 2: You might have missed a spot putting on the sizing.
Person 1, thinking, painting: Is it all about the sizing, maybe that’s all it is.