January 30, 2012

Flowers and Donuts

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In a haze of Friday night twilight I had promised him. I'm going to buy you donuts in the morning.

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Donuts

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I made a left out the front door and down the block, passing the corner market. The smell of sugar clung to the cold air. There would be shelves of pastries behind the counter. Freshly brewed coffee.

I wish I had something smaller than a twenty.

I opened the door and sang out a sleepy Hello.

A woman behind the counter looked up, surprised. Hello.

I bent over, admiring the cake donuts dripping with sweet dark chocolate.

I'll have half a dozen this and have a dozen that...I pointed.

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Birthday Flowers

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I put a fresh tablecloth down, topping it with the sugar tin, napkin holder, and tiny bouquet of mixed flowers.

I hope you don't mind, I broke up the bouquet.

I was hoping you would.

10 comments:

  1. Was it your husband's birthday? Happy birthday to him!

    Beautiful photographs, Tracy.

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    1. Magda - It was my birthday on Friday...Roberto bought me flowers, so I bought him donuts the next morning :)

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  2. "cake donuts dripping with sweet dark chocolate"...nice. happy (belated) birthday. i hope it was a good day.

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    1. Thank you, Denise. It was. Btw...you would definitely be one of the like-minded friends at the table.

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  3. Happy Birthday, dear Tracy. I hope that you enjoyed the day.

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    1. Thank you, Michele. Another year. They are going by so fast.

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