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The Lover

Charles Hayes

    “Time for you to go,” she said. Yet, slipping on my clothes and walking out the door, I turn to see her sleep.

    Sitting on the curb coming down, swept like the chip bag that tumbles by, I bump the earth, my seesaw stacked. A news bundle drops across the way, its echo bouncing off the canyons of my turf. Like a little rat on the run, a quarter from my pocket falls, and spins for the grate. Fleet of foot, I mash it down.

    With just enough to get some joe, I shuffle to the coffee stand. “Same as usual, handsome,” the barista girl inquires. Nodding, I dump my change and sniff the steam. The girl smiles and slides my coffee near. “How’s your gal,” she asks. Blankly I meet her eyes. “The one you strolled arm and arm with last eve,” she says. Scalding my lips with a first sip, “Busy,” I reply.



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