It was the night of the tuna hot fish jamboree. Despite snowfall the day before, we still went for a walk. It had barely waned. The roads were frosted and iced, paths coruscating around dangerous twists and turns. On past families eating dinner, bright lights, jagged ice. Ascending, and then a drop down. Convalescing, then digressing. Laughing, a bet, drollery, then action. A smile hit the pavement, grin meeting terra firma. Now in a car, the world a white streak passing by. We felt the cold. We commuted to the hospital. The cool white pillow blighted by blood, bandages were applied. Some memory was bereaved. Outside, children played in the snow.
jamboree (n) - a party or gathering
wane (v) - to decrease, diminish
coruscate (v) - to shine/admit light
convalesce (v) - to improve
digress (v) - to wind off at random
drollery (n) - humor, being comical
terra firma (n) - firm ground
commute (v) - travel
blight (v) - to ruin
bereave (v) - to strip from
1 comment:
I like the image of the smile hitting the pavement. Your viewer is very close to his subjects.I like the way this works. - elmeer
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