Tuesday, June 15, 2010

100 Saucy Words: "Visitor"

100 Words, blah blah blah blah. The word is "sauce" this week. The piece is called "Visitor". Here goes...







I watched her serving dinner. Ladling sauce, assessing, adding a little more. Judging. She always made sure everyone got the right amount. My brother, my father, myself-was there room for more? I knew the answer, but something kept me from entirely believing it. “Dinner,” she called out. They came from different rooms to the table. I watched them assemble, then took my place. The food looked fine, but I was vaguely nauseous, turning the smell acrid in my throat. I looked at her, then down at the napkin in my lap. “I'm not really hungry,” I said softly.

4 comments:

  1. Hopefully family dinners at my house aren't that bad.

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  2. Children know things. Even sauce can't hide the taste of that.

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  3. Wise to be able to say no to what she was dishing up. Good writing.

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