Eli carried a rolled canvas the size of a large carpet
out to the field overgrown w/ wild poppies & threw
the canvas to the ground; walking back to the barn &
coming back w/ a bottle of paint in each hand; pours
them out ; the Chinese au pair working for them
takes another look out the second story window; it
rains hard; Eli comes in soaked & uncorks a jug of corn whisky -

the Chinese girl watching him like a   cat;
Eli feels uncomfortable under her gaze &
drinks his whisky -  then wrestling her to the floor,
Eli rapes her; the kids starts crying & the girl runs
upstairs; Eli goes back out to the field - back to the canvas

saturated w/ rainwater w/ barely a smear of red   &
brown paint remaining, poppy petals & leaves & twigs;
Eli goes to the barn & returns w/ a bottle of black paint
in each hand & dumps them on the canvas & goes
back to the barn & returns w/ a bottle of red paint in
one hand & bottle of red wine in the other; after dumping
the paint while drinking, Eli goes back into the house;

the Chinese girl stays in the babies room terrified of being
alone w/ the artist; Sarah & her parents pull the buggy up in
the yard, having gone visiting w/ Sarah's old aunt     Bettie;
Bettie must be pushing a hundred but still looks good naked,
Eli having seen her in a white sundress hanging laundry on
a bright day; he'd been inspired to paint Bettie on the   spot;
Bettie