Thursday, August 23, 2012

55: Irreconcilable Differences


At some point, it becomes more about doing than waiting. Unmet needs have a way of sinking into the cracks between people, and freezing in the cold, and breaking the two even farther apart. Eventually, this becomes inevitable.

That’s what she said to me, anyway (or something like it), before she walked out the door.
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FFF-55 vol. XLII. Tell a story in exactly 55 words. Go see G-Man.

5 comments:

  1. Ha! I was thinking "Wow, what a most heartfelt, deeply sensitive man... and then the last line made me laugh!

    Hoping this truly is a Fiction piece. :)

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  2. nice last kick in the nads she took there....but unmet needs do have a way of wearing you down, you know...but then that is a to way street as well...

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  3. What a "WORDY" way to break up! Yours my favorite so far!
    Mine is here
    Have you a ROCKING AND BLESSED WEEKEND!!!
    hugs
    shakira

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  4. Well Linc, your return to the fold story
    Rocked Brother!! Of course this is FICTION!!
    Flash Fiction!! Damn Good Flash Fiction I might add!!
    Most excellent 55 My Friend
    Thanks for playing, thanks for responding so creatively
    to my Facebook prodding...Have a Kick Ass Week-End

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  5. Bet he's still trying to figure out what she needed. Loved your 55.

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