I met my mother at a ritzy downtown restaurant to celebrate her divorce from my step-father. I brought a date. We had a feast.
After dinner, my mother said: “Listen. That girl.”
“Donna. Her name is Donna.”
“Not important. What’s important is you understand.”
“Understand what?”
“She’s not the one.”
Bob Thurber is the author of six books. Regarded as a master of Flash and Micro Fiction, his work has appeared in Esquire and other magazines, been anthologized 60 times, received a long list of awards, and been utilized in schools and colleges throughout the world. He resides in Massachusetts. Visit his website at BobThurber.net.
Love the staccato writing and compressed story telling. I will be re-reading this one.
Perfect cadence. Lands like a hammer. Lovely.
Perfect, as always. Whole books are written in less.