Thursday, 17 May 2018

Free coffee tomorrow!

A pair of ducks fly past the bus stop, very low- flying, maybe three metres off the road. They are in very tight formation, almost the one animal. They fly across the road, and then vanish from view around the corner of the theater building. They are quite large birds, and they seem in a a hurry.
Two flying ducks.

Dolores arrives from the bakery shop, she has a happy smile on her face. Not sad anymore perhaps something has charged in her life. The bog cotton man is there too, he nods. He is wearing a pair of laceless plimsols, the kind that just slip on. The eyelets for the laces have been reduced to decorative elements.
The bus arrives, and now give the driver the exact change. The driver has a wedding ring on the fingers of her right kind, and some other rings too, she is not old, but her face looks as if she works hard and is tired.
The railway station shows the usual activity. the smoker at his usual place, the delivery van for the bakery shop backed up to the stairs at the main entrance.

The bald man is in the cafe again, he has a good memory, he knows the order. He puts the tenth and final stamp on the discount card. Free coffee tomorrow!

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