I met the Buddha at the cafe. This child with placid brown eyes looked up at me from the perch of her mother's hip. I wave and I smile to no effect. She was motionless, emotionless. My ego shrank under the weight of her unyielding gaze until I felt as small as she was. #cnftweet
They sat around the graveyard telling their life stories every Halloween; comparing their best of times. Then they'd compare their deaths to see who's was worse. Charlie was the funniest. He'd been dead the longest. His lips were gone but his tongue could wag a fab tale. #vss365
The #alacity of the children at play during recess, was all the nuns could bear, as they stood, rulers at the ready, for the school bell to ring; #alacrity in their hearts. #vss365
On the evening of their anniversary, Gomez took Morticia to the botanical #garden for the blooming of the corpse flower, Titan Arum. They didn’t think much of its beauty, but its fragrance, like rotting flesh, was divine. While others gagged, Gomez and Morticia kissed.
#vss365.
Unable to sleep, he steps into the diner where he first met his wife. A sassy waitress who called everyone #sugar. Him she called hon. The sorrow on his face was palpable when the waitress brang his coffee, “everything okay hon?” he heard. “No dear.” His forlorn reply. #vss365
He’s enamored with the Japanese culture. A black belt in Karate and equally adept with the #Tea Ceremony. Hell, he even has a Japanese wife. Though she’s more anime than Geisha. And Sudoku continues to kick his ass. Even as, “How to Win at Sudoku” sits atop his #Tsundoku. #vss365
@DzintraSullivan I like when people are talking to you about the same things that I like to hear from them but you know what I’m saying and I’m just trying not be mean or rude.
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