#26 - 28 100 Drabbles of Summer
# 26 Heat
It's been awhile since she felt that heat. The heat between two people that is so overpowering that their clothes just fall off and they end up on the nearest flat surface. That's how physical relationships go sometimes and it doesn't help that she's felt like shit for the last couple of weeks.
Tonight there is a different kind of heat. The oven is on, so are the burners on the stove as they chop and stir together. A cool breeze, some soft music and they turn the kitchen into a Spanish eatery. Full of heat.
# 27 Insignificant
My father orders the egg benedict. This is completely insignificant. It doesn't matter what he orders, what matters is that I am sitting across from a man I have not seen face to face in years. I see him on TV enough, on his Sunday morning program and when he opens his big fat bigoted mouth in order to stir up controversy.
Pastor smiles at me, "it's good to see you Delia. I've missed you." He puts his hand over mine and gives it a squeeze. I feel like I am six years old again.
# 28 Significant
What's significant is that my father thinks my brother is dead and that it's my fault. So when he asks for something he can give me that patronizing smile of his. Like he's holding aces and all I've got is a bluff.
What's significant here is that he thinks that it's not only my fault but that I killed my blood. So when I lean forward and grab his three hundred dollar Armani tie and put my lips to his ear he doesn't know if I'm bluffing when I tell him that I'm going to kill him too.
It's been awhile since she felt that heat. The heat between two people that is so overpowering that their clothes just fall off and they end up on the nearest flat surface. That's how physical relationships go sometimes and it doesn't help that she's felt like shit for the last couple of weeks.
Tonight there is a different kind of heat. The oven is on, so are the burners on the stove as they chop and stir together. A cool breeze, some soft music and they turn the kitchen into a Spanish eatery. Full of heat.
# 27 Insignificant
My father orders the egg benedict. This is completely insignificant. It doesn't matter what he orders, what matters is that I am sitting across from a man I have not seen face to face in years. I see him on TV enough, on his Sunday morning program and when he opens his big fat bigoted mouth in order to stir up controversy.
Pastor smiles at me, "it's good to see you Delia. I've missed you." He puts his hand over mine and gives it a squeeze. I feel like I am six years old again.
# 28 Significant
What's significant is that my father thinks my brother is dead and that it's my fault. So when he asks for something he can give me that patronizing smile of his. Like he's holding aces and all I've got is a bluff.
What's significant here is that he thinks that it's not only my fault but that I killed my blood. So when I lean forward and grab his three hundred dollar Armani tie and put my lips to his ear he doesn't know if I'm bluffing when I tell him that I'm going to kill him too.