The couple and their child carefully drive through the snow, aware of the slippery road, a black a red and a blue robin in a rolling cage. The streets are full of people exchanging presents after the holidays, gifts wanted and unwanted, surprises welcome and unwelcome.
When they come to a traffic light they wait until it’s gone red for the pedestrians and the husband waves a woman through, who is in a hurry, giving her his broadest smile. Simultaneously, his wife opens her window and croaks: Dolt! Idiot! Retard! Do you wanna die? Moron!
The child in the back, safely strapped into its egg-shaped seat, frowns. Come on, her father chirps, that was funny.
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Reading this piece was much better than any holiday egg-nog, spiked or not….
Thanks Finnegan. Happy New Life to you and yours. Here’s to Twenty’Ten my friend..
Good one,Finny! I love the child’s confusion and the father’s response.
Perspectives are so much fun when we are not the ones who have to deal with everyone else’s. Nice piece. Cheers!
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thank you guys! hazar: i’m gonna have that egg-nog now anyway. (my two re-captcha words were “carouse pandemonium” which in itself is worth a story…)
I read this aloud to *my* child. She thought it hilarious.