Today we are featuring Patricia Hodgkins, a photographer, ceramic artist, and poet from Wellsville, NY.
Crab Alfredo
It's the way I remember you in my bowl of crab alfredo
And sometimes even in my big toe
The way you remembered your mother in yours
Which is funny because we aren't even related
And I can picture us sitting there on a bench in the mall
Eating Auntie Anne's pretzel sticks with mustard and cheese
I can picture the look you would have on your face when I told you "sometimes my big toe reminds me of you"
I can picture us laughing about it almost to the point of tears
Making a fool of ourselves without a care in the world
But what I can't remember is the sound of your laugh
Because it's been so long since I've heard it
I used to see you still, driving around town, or walking in Giant, but not anymore
And I can't decide how to feel about that.
Part of me misses thinking, even for just a split second, that things are the way they should be
I get so angry at the fact that you were taken away from us
I think that's what makes the anger so hard to let go of
And, so, anger and sadness take turns wreaking havoc inside of me
I don't know how to not be angry at the world for you being gone
And I will never stop being sad about it
But I see you there between the flakes of imitation crab and the alfredo sauce
And for those 10 minutes, it's almost like you're here again.
© Patricia Hodgkins
In memory of Shawntelle Kalkbrenner Santas
We are looking forward to seeing more of Tricia's creative projects in the future.
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ABOUT THIS CALL FOR LOCAL ART
Theme: "Celebrate the Little Things"
In addition to our 'Little Things" exhibit at the Belfast Public Library, we are now accepting digital submissions (a jpg photo file of your own artwork or word document of your poetry or your short written work) from Belfast, NY Area Artists for featured art on our fb cover page and blog. Featured Artists Posts will begin August 2022.
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