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The Street Part 5
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The Street Part 5 |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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A cup of tea, from an old copper kettle, and something to eat, she said as things rattled and flew from cupboards and drawers, boxes, cans and jars. He felt like a gentle, powerful tornado had picked him up. All he had wanted was one beer, and here he was watching the fluid movement of this fleshy woman as she prepared him tea, for God’s sake. Wife and child dead, house taken by the bank, he had lived in his car, long enough for the cash to run out, cash for gas and food cash for booze— I’m floating over the pain booze— floating up and over, and then, like someone holding him by the seat of the pants, dangling with arms and legs kicking, dropped him onto the hard cement of reality, booze. What a macabre dance with the devil that was, as the money ran out, the hangover ran on, and he was sick from the stale taste of his own bewilderment. Oh yes, he liked the tea he answered her questioning eyes, feeling awkward with conversation except to himself. The words croaked and a large swollen infected feeling pushed into his throat and lodged there making his eyes water. Then she was kneeling beside him taking him by the shoulders and enveloping him in the warmth of her spongy arms and big soft breasts. It’s okay to feel the pain she whispered into his ear. He resisted at first, sat stiff and tried to focus on not feeling but then he relaxed, let his body be rocked, let the flaming pain tear at him, enfolded. That’s good, she said. ________ part 1 /pip/Forum52/HTML/000368.html part 2 /pip/Forum52/HTML/000420.html part 3 /pip/Forum52/HTML/000432.html part 4 /pip/Forum52/HTML/001098.html [This message has been edited by Martie (edited 12-03-2001).] |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Of them all, this so far has been the best. The description of his boozing was by far one of the most accurate I have seen in quite some time... And now I'm looking forward to Part 6.... |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Amazing, Martie....reminds me of IRONWEED, in a way.. |
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Joe Lamando Member
since 2001-11-20
Posts 124Massachusetts,USA |
Keep 'em coming! Hugs, Joe |
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OWG Member
since 2001-03-19
Posts 155California |
heavy images...snapshots with sticky on them clinging together for slow motion viewing dug the views |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Excellent, Martie! Very well done! Waiting for the next installment! |
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