1.03.2016

Beehive Cafe

We sat
across a table
dappled with butter sun
Sipping black coffee
dustgazing
smoke snaking
reading the newspaper
Here take this
you proffered
a book of matches
Stood
hitched jeans on hips
took your leave
People don’t still do that
I thought
But sure enough
a number scrawled inside
And I was left
to decide

Flash 55 for Real Toads!
Posted by Marian at 11:47 AM
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17 comments:

  1. Kerry O'ConnorJanuary 3, 2016 at 12:32 PM

    This made me smile. Sadly it's all about Whatsapp and Facebook messenging these days. The nuance of conversation is becoming a thing of the past.

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  2. FireblossomJanuary 3, 2016 at 12:57 PM

    There are a few dinosaurs still roaming, thankfully!

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  3. brudbergJanuary 3, 2016 at 3:40 PM

    Dustgazing... The perfect shared moment I think :-)

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  4. Mama ZenJanuary 3, 2016 at 6:03 PM

    This is delightfully sexy!

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  5. JimJanuary 3, 2016 at 6:36 PM

    I like it, Marian, it reminds me of my freedom days, my sixth life. Only instead of smoke snaking mine would be smoke rings settling.
    Do you ever watch the old Frazier reruns on the Hallmark Channel, starting midnight CST? They are old fashioned remembered. Frazier never can have a lasting relationship but he doesn't give up.
    ..

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  6. OutlawyerJanuary 3, 2016 at 9:42 PM

    Ah--charming. I love the dustgazing also--just terrific. very vivid, wonderful. k. (Watch out!)

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  7. UnknownJanuary 4, 2016 at 2:08 AM

    Ah so sometimes they still do things like that ... nice to have a decision to make ;-) Bastet

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2016 at 4:34 AM

    So much is retro -- the cafe, coffee, smokes, newspaper, hitched jeans, matchbook ... even love!

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  9. hedgewitchJanuary 4, 2016 at 8:20 AM

    I think maybe people will always do that...great visuals in this, Matian.

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  10. cosmos camiJanuary 4, 2016 at 10:05 AM

    Love

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  11. angie wJanuary 4, 2016 at 10:58 AM

    This feels so personal, maybe because you named the cafe, maybe because you talk to the reader midway through in an aside (which are my favorites for catching the reader off guard). Lovely awkward, hopeful scene:)

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  12. RommyJanuary 4, 2016 at 5:10 PM

    Very sweet. A really great snippet of life.

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  13. TL RobertsJanuary 4, 2016 at 8:42 PM

    Oh, I like this... a little scandalous.

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  14. kaykualaJanuary 5, 2016 at 12:34 AM

    Relationships are often presented in awkward fashions that one is provoked into making a decision or taking sides. Great thoughts Marian!

    Hank

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  15. Susie ClevengerJanuary 5, 2016 at 1:00 AM

    Hmmm....I didn't know people still used matchbooks or left numbers on them. I so enjoyed the and its dilemma. :)

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  16. Magaly GuerreroJanuary 7, 2016 at 12:58 PM

    What a delicious exchange. I was there, looking at her face as she waited to make her decision. :)

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  17. grapelingJanuary 8, 2016 at 1:30 AM

    perfect ~

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