Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: 02/17/15: It was a panic attack, a bad one.

Romare Bearden, "Late Afternoon," 1979 — Romare Bearden, *Late Afternoon* (1979)

February 17, 2015:

It was a panic attack, a bad one.
I thought she was gone. I really did.
How could she? Without a word!
Then her car was in the driveway and I was overjoyed to be wrong.
Last night I was scrupulously patient.