The Picture Had Already Been Taken   the bay leaves were stapled together hugging each other unabashed by the sultry winds Montego Bay had never been so maroon and swamped with rainbows meddling with black sands in my house aside the plush verdant carpet was a cherry dresser pleasant to the eye with four legs curvaceous legs flirtatious in a way like an anxious tongue willing but reluctant to taste hot Black tea at 6 a.m. in the morning next to the dresser on the cream colored wall was a painting I painted in 1974 I called it "Daydreaming".   Today at times I sit and staple bay leaves, watch them hug, in Montego Bay on plush verdant carpet, next to a cherry dresser with four legs, in a naked room, and with no painting of any sort on the walls while daydreaming at 6 pm in the evening smiling with paintbrush in hand     - Ernest Williamson