Visions of Joanna

One hot day 

while living in Guatemala, 

A., my fiancé, 

grew inspired 

to paint my portrait.  

I pinned it to the wall 

of our Tucson apartment, 

and later, of our Chippewa house.  

But sadly, 

according to A., 

my pinning-things-on-the-walls days 

are over.