Accident - July 14, 2012

[note: this was written during a writing exercise: we had 20 minutes to write something inspired by the word "accident". This is the result, unedited, exactly as it appeared when time ran out. You can read all of them in the waves category]]

Accident - Squiddy Geiger - July 13, 2012

He kept seeing her, everywhere he went
She was there at the supermarket
Again at the vet.

He saw her again the next night
as she exited the cinema
Still eating popcorn.

A week later he saw her in the park with friends
Walking their motley collection of dogs
Plastic bags in hand.

Several more times that week, their paths crossed
As they moved around the city
Living their lives.

One month after his first sighting of her
His car was sideswiped and pushed
Into a parked car.

The owner of the parked car arrived to
Survey the damage: it was her
At last, she had a name.

Posted by Squiddy at July 14, 2012 08:45 PM | TrackBack