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Michelle Swisz

Our Drabble for this month is written on the theme of Smoking.

I sat waiting, watching as she solemnly and purposefully pulled the cigarette from the pack. Painfully I looked deep into her light blue eyes and again I was lost in her mystery. Many times I had stood in this moment, the smoke of her cigarette stinging my eyes or perhaps the sting of her causing me to remember and to reflect our relationship. Reading my eyes as I did hers, she took a deep drag off her device that had kept me at bay so many times before brandishing me with her silence and its smoke trails. Try as I may I could not help but see a resemblance of this thing between us as she absently flicked her ashes into the ashtray beside us.

Fear -- how do we handle it? Some of us conclude "Each person for him or herself," careening through traffic, cutting in line at the grocery store. Surprisingly few of us are doing that sort of thing, though. Most are a bit more sensitive, or testy, or distracted. Some are facing it head on, consciously finding ways to acknowledge it without indulging it.

Fear is our theme for January. December is already set for Connection.

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As always, comments and questions are welcome!

Michelle