He is writing a novel.
She knows this because
he tells her
at every opportunity.
To hear him talk, it will be
some sort of
Great American Novel.
She doubts it.
He takes her to a museum
full of art made by men
and shows her Kerouac's original
manuscript for On The Road.
He seems to revere it.
She is unimpressed.
She looks around
the entire collection—
the whole muse…