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Dunkin' Donuts...8:05 AM
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Dunkin' Donuts...8:05 AM |
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RobertB Senior Member
since 1999-09-26
Posts 1104Champaign, IL 
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Dunkin’ Donuts… 8:05 AM At a table for two, with a broken swivel chair, sits a little man frog-eyed and hunched over a plain cake and black coffee, counting currency, stacking and re-stacking progressively, never totaling an amount similar to the previous adding of leftover bills from a garage cleaning that netted a box springs and stained Serta, plus a broken washer bungee’d to the tailgate disconnecting tub from gearbox spilling buttons and a few pennies left behind vibrating on the bedliner reminiscent of the last agitation. He tries conversation, between totals, on a topic that is so far distant from our ears to be recognized as worthy of engaging. In silence, he studies his watch, waiting for 8:06 to arrive. Robert if you can dream; you can fly...if you are flying; you are dreaming. |
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Dee Member Elite
since 2000-08-19
Posts 2330Queensland, Australia |
Robert, this is really interesting. I wonder what happened at 8.06! Dee |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
Your poetry is more than a movie... more than a photograph... more than a picture of when... almost more than real much admiration for this....  |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
So real it's almost fantasy...great work, Robert |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Excellent, Robert! Great ending 'waiting for 8:06 to arrive'! Sometimes the clock does seem to drag like that, each second seeming an eternity....had a moment or two like that in work today. Denise |
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RobertB Senior Member
since 1999-09-26
Posts 1104Champaign, IL |
To all; thank you. This is as real as life gets. I watched this little guy for 20 minutes this morning at Dunkin' Donuts. It was very hard to condense this to one minute. By the way....I had coffee, a honeybran raisin muffin and a coconut doughnut. I didn't stick around to see what happened at 8:06 Robert < !signature--> if you can dream; you can fly...if you are flying; you are dreaming. [This message has been edited by RobertB (edited 08-28-2000).] |
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