Carrot Ranch Congress of Rough Writers December 9, 2015 flash fiction prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write about a looky-loo:
The woman beside her looks out the window as the bus grinds along Third Avenue, twisting her neck to peer toward the top of Columbia Tower. Office workers stream out as the skyscrapers dazzle in the deep twilight. The woman shifts from cheek to cheek in the seat, hands clutching and reclutching her shopping bag, gray streaks in her hair belying the excited child within. No sophistication in her hair or clothes. Her mouth is a little O of wonder.
Oh, to see the city that way again, for the first time. Before familiarity, and other things, bred contempt.
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That is so true of getting familiar with anything! To have this woman's wonder is a gift and a perfect solution to contempt. I felt like I was sitting on the bus as the scene unfolded.
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