People were lined up, waiting for a table, standing too close to her chair.  She was almost touching the butt of a heavy-set, bleached blond, overweight woman who was describing her “last” trip to Paris in excruciating detail.

She quickly downed her glass of red wine, stood up, and left.

Bobbi Lurie is the author of three poetry collections: The Book I Never Read, Letter from the Lawn and Grief Suite.