Creative Piece: Overheard at Panera Bread #1

Two girls and

an aunt-

or godmother? A writer.

"Your editor is harsh."

"Yes, he is. He wants my book to be good."

Later the girls say

they want to write too.

"Oh, girls, I know

you can write about two girls

who write a broadway show

and leave it on a table in a coffee shop.

And someone steals it!"

"No, no, no! That's already a movie!"

"Yeah, 'Big Fat Liar,'" the other interjects

(I love that movie, too)

"See, I'm sorry I didn't know that.

Okay then. Scratch that."

Minutes later-

"What would you do if you had that much money?"

They'd buy a circus, a whirling magical menagerie

of animals.

Candy colored stripes and flowing manes.

"I'd buy a car!"

"A car?! What?!

You can't even drive!"

"So?"

Long black sleek hair-

mommy-brushed.

Walking L.L.Bean Kids catalogue,

Walking smile.

Wonder.

photo: Arita S. (flickr)