Monday Afterglow
Had a wonderful time at the beach. If only I could write for a living and make one. However, did have an inspiration, due to one of the instructors. This is my three minute assignment for a story. The story is of a nun. Here goes:
The houses are squat and broken down, some showing gaps where the roofs don’t match up with the walls. The lines form outside before dawn, patient people who may be enemies at night, standing together in the early morning light. She motions the first in, who crosses the shattered doorway and sits in the special chair, so out of place in the dingy glow of the kerosene lamps.
She takes out her mirror, slips on clear, thin plastic gloves, and signals, as the language is unknown.
OPEN WIDE.
And she prays for teeth.
The houses are squat and broken down, some showing gaps where the roofs don’t match up with the walls. The lines form outside before dawn, patient people who may be enemies at night, standing together in the early morning light. She motions the first in, who crosses the shattered doorway and sits in the special chair, so out of place in the dingy glow of the kerosene lamps.
She takes out her mirror, slips on clear, thin plastic gloves, and signals, as the language is unknown.
OPEN WIDE.
And she prays for teeth.
posted by John | 8:13 PM
2 Comments:
Early morning + inside of a building. You ever been to a dentist with the lights off?
OK, if the building has no windows, I can have karosene lamps. They play a role later.
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