Monday, November 29, 2021

Lorine Niedecker


 

PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNY PENBERTHY


[Mr. Van Ess bought 14 washcloths?]

Mr. Van Ess bought 14 washcloths?
Fourteen washrags, Ed Van Ess?
Must be going to give em
to the church, I guess.

He drinks, you know. The day we moved
he came into the kitchen stewed,
mixed things up for my sister Grace—
put the spices in the wrong place

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