Thursday, October 28, 2010

anecdote # 144 - short story writer, 1992? 1993?

in Oscar her fluttering anticipation
of boyfriend coming home: the special dinner,
her special news. she was all hope.

in the last paragraphs, he arrived, his eyes shifted.
she seemed preposterous. he kneed her
until she aborted. (resent its hauntingness.)