Um, I drabbled. I'm not a writer, but I like to read this thread, and this just popped into my head.
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“So.”
“So.”
They continued eating, mostly silent. An occasional shared look, a little smile now and then. The food was good, at the restaurant they had always wanted to be regulars at, but the staff changed too often. She wanted to have a regular table, be greeted by name, have the waitress say, “The usual?” but it never happened. They kept going there anyway.
So they sat, ate.
“Oh, did I tell you --?”
”Shh.” She whispered. “Wait. I think they’re about to break up.”
They liked each others’ company, but the conversation at the next table was irresistible.
Jesse, that's great! Love the twist at the end.
And I disagree when you say you're not a writer -- I remember something you wrote about your experience on 9/11/01, and how evocative and crisp it was.
ION,
Drabblers:
I'll be posting a new drabble challenge tomorrow, so if you want to drabble the 2-people-at-a-table challenge, hop to it....
Well, writing is a big part of my job, but I'm not a fiction writer, for sure. The people at the table above are me and my mom.
Because I wrote another one, but forgot to save it.
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Jesse, that was superb. All about the impermanence.
Thanks, you guys! (Hey, this is kind of fun.)
Since I'm really trying to get back into fiction writing, I'm going to drabble too. I haven't quite gotten the lj thing figured out yet, so I thought I'd post last week's here:
She squinted against the sun, trying to read the salsa-stained menu. At the next table, two couples were building a pyramid of red-and-green cans, adding squeezed lime quarters as ornaments. Their faces were relaxed and faintly pink, glazed with sweat. His back was to the builders, his face nearly invisible in the umbrella's shade. She touched his hand to point out the construction and felt him pull, almost imperceptively, away. The waiter held his pad expectantly. She pointed as one boy stood to complete the top of the pyramid and then collapsed, laughing, into his chair. "What are they drinking?"
