A STORY. 28. DAYS HAVE PASSED

You thought you’d be back to the old bookstore the next day, but you didn’t go. Not the next day. Or the next. Or the next. Maybe you needed a break. Or maybe it was Heavy Breezes. You liked it. But maybe it wasn’t exactly what was right for you.

But now you’re back. You’ve been missing your daily dose of poetry.

You’re back in the bookstore, back in the comfortable old armchair, back holding MOMENTS, back looking over the Table of Contents.

What will it be? You stop at

8 O’Clock

You have no idea where that will take you.

Wherever it is, you decide to go there.

https://elsasemporium.com/8-oclock.html

sunset's gone
            the sky still glows
evening strolling
            moving along slow
no longer thinking
not yet asleep

it's eight o'clock
            shadows are deep …

eight o'clock
eight o'clock
            the best time
            the very best time

You like this. You like this very much.

You like it so much you turn the page.

Gray Morning

Do you want to go on?

After all, you were just at …

eight o'clock
eight o'clock
            the best time
            the very best time

Why go past the best time, the very best time?

To be continued …
A STORY. 29. GRAY MORNING
https://elsaiselsa.substack.com/p/a-story-29-gray-morning

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Posted April 10, 2024