The stack of papers sits left of the keyboard on the table. Table as a desk. Page 26. Singlespaced, red pen markings cover the top sheet. An x over a comma. “Here and there” crossed out. A period changed to a comma, the following word uncapitalized. “But” to “but.” An adverb crossed out — “… should the door open I would willingly enter and…”
More commas massacred. Another adverb stricken from the page. This is pleasing. So is the rain. The leaves on the walnut tree are green and heavy. They drift slow and ripple from the raindrops that meet them.