What follows is my very first attempt at a Drabble-- an approximately 100 word story on a particular word, in this instance "abandon". The inspiration came from my friend Aheila's blog. Visit Drabble Day--Abandon if you'd like to participate or take a look at the other drabbles.
Heather stood directly in front of the trash can. She held her tray with it's cup, fries box, and BigMac box which held a smear of secret sauce (ok, so we all know it's really Thousand Island dressing) and a slip of pickle which somehow she had failed to eat. Heather thought about all the fast food she had eaten in her life; about all the times she had tried to diet and all the pounds she had lost and gained. Finally she dumped the detrius into the bin, just as a uniformed teen ager carrying a trash bag came up and said, "Excuse me."
Heather stood directly in front of the trash can. She held her tray with it's cup, fries box, and BigMac box which held a smear of secret sauce (ok, so we all know it's really Thousand Island dressing) and a slip of pickle which somehow she had failed to eat. Heather thought about all the fast food she had eaten in her life; about all the times she had tried to diet and all the pounds she had lost and gained. Finally she dumped the detrius into the bin, just as a uniformed teen ager carrying a trash bag came up and said, "Excuse me."
4 comments:
Hmmm... Interesting. Like a snippet of a bigger story. A lot of thought went into a few pieces of cardboard. ;)
Dialog is very challenging for me. A still life thought piece... This was fun and easy ;)
obviously she was dumping more than the detrius. can read as much as one wants!
I got the impression that , in some way , this may have been a turning point for the character ... feels like the opening scene of a chapter .
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