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| It was a morning of indecision. The sky could not promise to hold back tears, no more than could I as even the clouds were weighed down by worry and hung low over my head. It was a morning of indecision for the sputtering engine of the patchwork truck ahead, inching its way in shudders and shakes, its rusty frame creeping up to the drive-thru window, spitting smoke at its driver then settling down into a quiet stillness until the line moved again. And I, under the dark shadows of a future in doubt cursed the time wasted waiting for coffee. At last, when the truck had cleared the window and its trail of exhaust merely a wisp of smoke dispersing in the mist, I waved a bill at the coffee man. Finally grasping that cup of brew, praying for clarity of thought in a dose of pure, unsullied Arabica, black and bitter. “No ma’am” said he “the coffee is free.” Paid for me by the driver of that rattling bucket of rusty bolts, who now had moved that truck down the road a mile or more and sent me coffee and a message: “smile more”. 38 Lines Prompt: A day someone surprised you with kindness. For Promptly Poetry 8/31 Week 14 |
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