Friday, October 05, 2007

story writers

We’re that. Mercilessly spilling it out.

So there I am, biking to work. The long way. Ten miles plus.

It is the underbelly of autumn now in Madison. Brown rather than red or golden. And really, mostly still green. With a rare burst of color.


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I bike and I come across the geese. Always the geese. Fly south already! (I’m much less scary than I appear.)


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They stare at me and stay put.


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Why is it that none of us can ever leave? We hover, and we land, right back where we started from.

Oh life.

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It's almost dusk. I walk into the field.

What's your name?
Nina...

Nina? Do you live here?
Yes...
(why do I say this? Perhaps because today, after a long week, I choose not to be a strict constructionist)
Good! Not many people nearby... Here!


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She hands me flowers she had only seconds ago cut down.

For you.
Thank you.