Sunday, January 20, 2013

5SF: Forgotten

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5SF Prompt: Forgotten

Like the pint glasses in front of us, the conversation's just about run dry when Sophia asks me if I remember that time when we were little and we got into some cans of house paint in her parent's garage.
I chew my lip and my eyes roll away from Sophia to the stuffed brown bear in the corner of the bar that looks like it was frozen mid-mauling with it's massive claws raised and its fanged maw open in a roar, just as a cute guy with a mustache I'm hoping is part of some group dare blocks my view, sees me, and grins.
Well hello, sailor.
I tell Sophia I don't remember the paint thing because my memory sucks and it's all a Big Bird colored haze until around kindergarten.
Sophia taps her pack of smokes on the bar and her mouth is a dark pink parenthesis when she says to the bartender, “I'ma need another shot,” and to me, “Lucky.”

3 comments:

  1. I cannot tell you how happy I am to see new writing from you, Erin! I have missed your panache, verve and rounded sentences. Can't wait to send out the rallying cry: Spoonflipper? She's Baaaaaaaack!!

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  2. LOL! What a fun use of the prompt! I really enjoyed this.

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  3. Exactly what Jo-Anne said. Word for word! She's obviously a sly and tricksy comment thief, and purloined every thought from my brain before I had a chance to hie myself over here to read your story. Erin, I could eat every sentence you eat with a spoon (maybe even the one you flip with) and feel well-fed for days. Lovely, witting, fabulous stuff.

    More please.

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