Dock Square, kennebunkport, Maine 207.967.9989 Renovations with Character Fiction 102 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine paintings by Linden Frederick - from top: “save-a-lot,” “vital signs” T he four men stood silently in the dark and watched Grafton Larra- bee move slowly through the room. Beside the mannequin in the blue gown he paused, leaned forward, kissed its shoulder, and stroked its arm. n T he year Bunny turns twenty-two, she takes home $49,500. Then Mike Ramirez, a dishwasher at Sea Dog Sushi, gets her drunk on sake, knocks her up, and bolts for Tampa. More than once during her pregnancy Bunny wakes in the night and stands in front of the mirror and sees Momma’s dark kitchen, hears Mom- ma’s drunken voice: You’re sucking hind teat, Bunny, you’re dumb as a box of hair, you’re not worth spit. Anthony Doerr, Save-A-Lot Painting: Save-A-Lot, 2016. Oil on linen. Lois Lowry, Vital Signs Painting: 50 Percent, 2016. Oil on linen.