Ten.Two Thousand, One Hundred & Seventy-One
It feels like the morning mist is creeping through the windows.
All black everything.
Now, all white. Don’t spill the coffee.
Peonies and pea tendrils and little white flowers.
A quick lunch at Gott’s before the second session of meetings. A group of older ladies asking questions at the window. The line is beginning to snake out into the parking lot.
That’s a lot of work.
The thing about these reunions is that it’s one of the few times a year I get to see some friends. A manufactured reason outside of ourselves. But I’ll take it.
He says that sitting there, he thought to himself, “This is not a bad life.”
Pizza at the high top and wondering if this is the night they will be tucked into the corner of the bar.
When am I going to get the cleaning done?
