Thursday, January 24, 2008

24/366: Hilary

After months of flirting, the moment came. He admonished me about not bringing birth control. “You should take care of yourself,” he said. I got up and dressed without a word. “What are you doing?” The answer was so obvious, I had to laugh as I closed the door behind me.

4 comments:

Indigo Bunting said...

And I have to laugh now.

An entire short story in 51 words! Fabulous...

Aslo White said...

Thank you so much.

pk said...

there's a lot to be said for short sentences and equipoise: neither of which I have at hand as you can see; but any friend of the bird lady....I would say you would go the distance and not trip over your bootlaces like so many of us others.

Aslo White said...

Mrs. S: Oh, I've taken a spill or two on the way there.

Thanks for reading.