Mary Cassatt

In an Italian restaurant
in Chiang Mai, designing
a table for a van in which
I will live, a toddler with
short fuzzy hair is attended
by his mother and two Thai
waitresses and Mary Cassatt
who, childless, painted maternity
just so, tender & watchful.
The little boy rubs his nose.
He will not remember, but
he will stride forward
confidently.

Thailand