Funk Soul Brother Number One, My Main Hombre Lance, along with his trustworthy robot pal Leeroy, renew the 100 Word Song Challenge this week with Ben Harper's "The Woman In You". This story is called, "Reunited".
They were supposed to be playing songs from the 1980s, but I didn't remember any of them.
I saw her from across the room. Her hair was cut short now, emphasizing the simon pure whiteness of her neck. She looked like most of the women there, shadows of the girls they were, thickened and made coarse by time and children and pain. I walked over, waiting for her to pause, remembering sitting on the hard wooden dock, thinking about the future, holding her hand.
"Some things never change," I said admiringly.
"Some things never stay the same," she replied.
"simon pure whiteness of her neck" , damn, that's good.
ReplyDeleteYou delivered admiration of the female form and style perfectly
"thickened and made coarse by time and children and pain" - perfect!
ReplyDeleteAnd men, burdened with at least partial blame for two out of the three.
Must be a high school reunion. Love the description of the changes women endure as we age. And the last lines are so poignant.
ReplyDeletefuck, i am NOT THICKENED OR MADE COARSE BY TIME AND CHILDREN AND PAIN!
ReplyDeleteDAMMIT.
oh sorry, maybe this story ISN'T ABOUT ME.
nicely done.. and the words are sadly true but very descriptive of the changes women undergo and why.
ReplyDeleteThat's PERFECT!
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