Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Prompt: My petit orchid or Still Life
Set against a pale yellow wall, the orchids dissolved. I looked again and their centers, bleeding the most delicate pink, drifted slowly into focus. I cleared my throat, despite the fact no one was there to hear me reassert my presence.
On the table were the flowers which were in a vase, also pink, but a solid pink, my coffee cup, my tiny white pitcher of cream in the shape of a cow in full moo, and my spoon, resting quietly on a fresh linen cloth. Dust motes hung in the air, almost motionless, glowing like stars, suspended, waiting. Dare I even breathe, lest they rouse themselves from their dreaming?
I sighed against my will.
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