This story started out as a poem, like “Tuesday Evening in
a Small, Southern Town”, but, because I’m not a poet, it eventually became a
piece of flash fiction that, I think, sort of serves as a follow-up or sequel
to my short story “Two Flights”.
Originally
published Foliate Oak Literary Journal, September,
2012.
The Old Man We Saw on Bourbon Street
By Lee
Wright
If he drinks enough, he can remember the way things used to
look: The smooth gray stones, tight and even, rising above her
little courtyard garden, the shallow pools sparkling in the
light of the iron-faced lamps, the neat double rows of daffodils that skirted the
meandering cobblestone path, the wooden swing moving gently back and forth in
the still summer air.
If he closes his eyes, she's there on the wall, her arms
extended, fingers splayed. Her bare feet move:
Toe-to-heel, toe-to-heel, along the crest of the garden wall. He stands in the garden, arms tense, legs
tight, as if he could actually catch her should she fall. She laughs and the Spanish moss shudders in
the old oaks behind him. The night clings
to them the way it always does.
If he drinks enough, he can remember that he once tried to
forget. So I toss him whatever change I
have in my pocket—a dollar, maybe. He
nods and puts it in the old felt hat at his side then goes back to staring at
the crumbling wall behind the sagging house.
As we walk away, she takes my hand and tells me she wants to
go home. Not to our apartment, but home.
The night clings to us the way it always does.
© 2012 Lee
Wright
On some progressive jackpots linked to a bank of slot machines, the jackpot has to be received earlier than a sure amount of money is reached. Now, if this is the case|if so|if that's so}, how are they REALLY random if they that they} have to hit earlier than the jackpot reaches a sure amount? They must be programmed attempt this|to do this} if they that they} have to hit by {a sure 먹튀검증 amount|a particular amount|a sure quantity}. In the online slot world, a paytable indicates how much have the ability to|you presumably can} win at most, and what are the profitable necessities. It also tells you the relative value of particular person symbols compared to each other|to one another}.
ReplyDelete