I've thinking about Flash Fiction or Short Shorts, and thought I'd find the ones I've written and share them with you. Here's another one, which has 125 words. "A Very Short Story" is part of my second short story collection, Acapulco At Sunset and Other Stories.
A VERY SHORT STORY
Your world -- or your mind -- does not allow for an afternoon walk to the
museum, nor a stop at the chapel for silent prayer, a glass of halo-halo under
the ipil-ipil, laughter and stories, for old time’s sake.
It allows for a few hours at the
Hilton. Face like stone you give a false name to the man at the registry, pay
in cash, and ascend to the sun-streamed room, for an afternoon of sad,
hot-blooded lovemaking.
Face like stone, you tell your wife
whom you have long-ago stopped loving, that you had a late business meeting
with some Japanese clients. (It’s the same story you had left at your office
earlier that day.)
And you wonder why you go about in
muted sorrow and anger.
~end~
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- This is all for now,
- Cecilia
1 comment:
Hello.. mam cecile. I'm dicussing this very short story in my class and wonder what really is the gist of this text in a line or two. 😊
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