Fifty Times Two
"Coffee House" and "Fatigue"- 2 stories in exactly 50 words
Coffeehouse
He sits in the coffeehouse scanning the relationships column in the local newspaper. “SWF seeks man who will encourage me to realize my dreams,” the ad says. It’s 1980.
Forty-four years later, sitting together by the lake, she’s realized her dreams. Realized her dreams were to be with him.
Fatigue
I am lost in a wilderness of worry today. Mortgage. A weedy garden. Gun control. Memory loss. Horrifying election looming. Carbohydrates. Income tax. Mammogram. The dreaded computer upgrade. My disappearing savings. The absolute madness of half of our nation’s people and where will it end?
I’m going back to bed.
The first one is cute ... and what a great contrast in the second - really shows off your range.
Fatigue is real!