11/13/21

journal-4, Saturday morning at the auto shop


in the waiting room

there's a table with an

open box of crayons

and a piece of paper

with the outline of a

child's hand in blue and

five completed tic-tac-toe 

grids. X's won four of them


the sun comes through the

southern window and reflects

off of a single housefly that

periodically lands on my

forearm and knee. its little

black shiny body is elusive.

we play a game of fly away or

be killed and it remains 

undefeated so far


outside the window, large 

lizards chase small lizards. 

the store phone rings eleven

times before its answered. 

every entering customer has

a legitimate problem that 

needs attention asap


I'm in love and I want her to

be here so I can ramble off 

these nothings with her. she

would be mad at me for 

playing the fly game. she

would adore the lizards. she

would play tic-tac-toe with

me and probably win. she 

would make these little 

nothings into something so

enjoyable


I took a crayon from the box

and drew a new grid for a

tic-tac-toe game. I put an O 

in the top right corner


its her turn now



(My photo)






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