Slowly she slides her big toe across the floor and stops. She knows the light will meet her in that exact spot. The floor is cool and slippery under her bare skin. She closes her eyes and waits for the surprise of sun. It is no surprise.
I’ll have to do something about the dining room floor, she thinks. She has spent weeks sanding and varnishing the oak in the livingroom. It is her mission, these floors. Her last mission was the walls, but now they are done. A pleasant green in the bedroom, sunny yellow in the kitchen to add dimension as the television has instructed and in the livingroom, a neutral tan. The spring and summer have come and gone and the walls are done and now it is time for the floors.
Soon I will be done too, she thinks.
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I'm reading raymond carver, in case you're wondering.
ps. I wanted to use every single generic tag for this post.
cause I can.
bump.
I've gone carverite.
if this offends you, you should send money to the salvation army immediately.
R~~
"She closes her eyes and waits for the surprise of sun."
And the right combination of words to illicit the desired emotional response. Lovely.
I do the interior stuff, short of electrical and plumping. I've already done the floors in this house...systematically by hand. I'm waiting to work on ...The Dining Room! I tend to do this stuff when I get winter "house bound" bored, so I'm not ready to get into the house fixit thing at this point. But they're not going anywhere so I'll get to them.
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thank you. yours is high praise to me.
owl,
i'm pleased you liked.
(I'm trouble for short)
LL2,
what I am beginning to find is that I enjoy writing dark stuff with a benign feel. I'm glad you found some enjoyment in it.
I can almost feel the floor under my toes.
Good effective stuff my dear.
I tried to keep it very low key while adding a touch of the devil. I do like that carver thing, the ordinary, extraordinary violent madness that seeps into our lives. Thank you for your kind words.
Professor,
I'm glad you liked it.
Zuma,
The floor and avatar love you right back. Christmas Monkey says, "HAIL!".
YES!!
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