I held the glass before my eyes…
…and wrapped my fingers around it as she had done, awkward angles with my longer fingers bent to conform as I melded our fingerprints, briefly smudging reality, her hand in mine in her final moments.
This vignette begins with the opening phrase from hbhatnagar’s Two Phrase Story #38. It was fun using that line as a point of departure. Give it a go, inspiration will strike!
Work in Progress 
I’m seeing many different interpretations of this…mostly sad.
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Haha maybe sadness makes for more evocative writing? Or maybe the reflective tone of the opening phrase leads to a slightly heavy continuation? Funny cause there are many instances where holding glass can have happy connotations- celebratory champagne, glass of wine over a nice dinner, a new pair of cool glasses, water when you are really really thirsty…
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Smudging reality is what put me on the “sad” route here. 🙂
Thanks for joining in the challenge!
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Thanks for hosting! 🙂
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I like this one nicely done. Smudging? Do you refer to the pagan cleansing… intreague and mystery . 😇?
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Hey Ellen! Thanks. Smudging I meant literally. I had no idea of the pagan cleansing but hey, I’m happy to go with it, as it seems like it would be fitting for the feel I went for, the longing to bring back a moment that is gone.
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No really… don’t go there. You will smell of soot and pooh and i don’t mean the Bear. *gulp*
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I am curious now! haha. So you have done a smudging? Is that how it is referred to? *goes off to google* I’ll be back in a few hours…
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Been subjected to one…
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Oh god. Haha. I haven’t actually gone off to google just now cause I’m really tired, but it is up there in the need to know category, so I will do tomorrow. Now you can’t just give snippets like that. I want to know how, why, when you were subjected to one…
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I will do a post in the form of a story so no one knows it was me. I can’t promise this week as we are going away for a couple of weeks, but I will.
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Haha. Just don’t pingback to this post cause then your secret will be out. Enjoy your time away if I don’t catch you before then!
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If there is wifi… we will see. 👋👋👋📝
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I loved this… very poignant. Packs a lot of story in just a few words
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Thanks Jana. That means a lot- as an ongoing challenge for me is to be brief and condense images and emotions without too many words. I’d love to read your take on the challenge!
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