Before his hopeful outing with a visiting former love, the old man buys a new baseball cap. He shapes the bill with care. Looking in the mirror from under the just-so curve, he sees for a clear moment back to the first time he ever felt he looked truly cool.
Lynn Kozlowski’s writing has appeared in such places as 50-Word Stories, The Quarterly, The Malahat Review, Poetry Breakfast, and failbetter.com. He has a volume of short pieces, Historical Markers.
What a great moment to capture!
Heart rending on several levels. Thank you!
This expresses such a nice moment and it has been captured so well by the writer. I like it so much.
I feel this one
Hope the outing went well! Lovely moment.
A mirror for many of us.
I love this! It is poignant and perfectly expressed. I completely empathize with him, and as Joanna said, I hope it was wonderful.