Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Describe a Stranger You Noticed Recently

He looked like one of those Italians who grew up with the wrong kind of Catholics, and who now traveled to Florida in the winter – but he was darling with his grandchildren. When he told them to sit down he would nod, not vehemently, and his eyes would push up his eyebrows a little; he would make a knob with his hand, his finger pointing out, as though it had been disengaged from a cup of tea, and he would push a single button with it in the air immediately above the table. His way of urging was kind. His thin lips made his open mouth urgent, but not to be taken too seriously.

1 comment:

  1. I enjoy playing Balderdash with strangers. Something I miss about NYC. Like, that guy with the headphones, what is he listening to? Or, what's in that guy's bag? Where is that guy going right now? And so forth.

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