Maddy Rain
Art Auction
The gavel raps the side of the podium
He’s talking fast
Pacing
Running out of things to say
Artwork flutters by
Color
Abstract
Renaissance
New artist
Famed
Infamous
He’s selling off a portrait of a little girl
One bid
Two bid
Her eyes are sad
Large
Askance
She speaks to me
Her eyes turn to me
Her pearl pink lips open
A single word
Traveling from the artist's paintbrush
To me personally
An intimacy
Between me and the artist
Going- Going – Going
SMACK
GONE!
And the little girl is back
Safe in her paining
She places a fat pink finger to her lips
And shushes me
Then she’s rushed off stage
Next bid