08/15/2007 (6:49 pm)

Scattered Stories

Filed under: Short Fiction
 
[A favourite game]
……….[my cousin Chace is six]
………………..[my Grandmother is seven plus (six times his^ age doubled)]
[friendly competition]
[in the kitchen]
[keeps us out of trouble ...]

A boy’s name … that starts with the letter D
Donald - 1pt
……….Dave - 1pt
………………..Chace
……….yes gramma
………………..I mean Chace as a name of a boy
Welllll, ‘Chace’ doesn’t really start with a D …
………………..Right, well I mean Denver - no - Douglas - 1pt
OK, full point.

U.S. cities …
Detroit - 1pt
……….pass
………………..Denver - 1pt

Things that are cold
[Death - don't say it don't say it] pass
……….Drumsticks!!! mmm - 1pt
………………..Downstairs - 1pt
good one!!
………………..What’s wrong with your Grandfather?
………………..Why can’t he come home?
………………..Why does he have to …

Let’s move on, OK, What do you have for … Insects …
Dragonfly
……….Dragonfly
………………..Dragonfly …
We all cancel each other out …

A breakfast food starting with D
Danish - yes! - 1pt
……….Doughnut - 1pt
………………..Diarrhea

[stop]
[She-looks-at-me-i-look-at-her-we-look-at-him ...]
[awkward silence ...]
[we all break out laughing]
………………..You know, there are words missing from my head
[Thinking to myself Dates, Dry toast, Dessert ...]
………………..I know I love you, but I just can’t place you,
………………..Your name is on the tip of my tongue, oh brother,
………………..Isn’t that silly?

[Ding Dong would be 2pts]
Kim. I am Kim, Bonnie’s daughter.
………………..Not MY Kim? Are you MY Kim?
Oh yes, but I did just change my hair …
[cover-it-up-cover-it-up-she's-just-tired]
………………..I’m just tired.
[long days at the palliative care ward at the hospital are very trying ...]

Things found in the ocean
Drowning victims - 1pt
……….Dolphins - 1pt
………………..Kimmy, can we play tile rummy instead?
[I'm scared]
………………..I’m afraid of this game.
[Damn]

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