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My best story so far:


College, Creative Writing 301.

I was reading a story I wrote out loud. They were all looking at me.

Someone sneezed.

I stopped. “Bless you.”

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“Go on,” said the Prof. “Keep reading.”

The story was about a girl, a stranger I saw on the #12 bus. It was late.

She was crying when I got on, sobbing actually. I tried not to look. She pulled the line for the stop before mine. Her white sleeves were stained black. Eyeliner, I think.

“You okay?” I said. 

She looked down at me, “Fuck you care?”

She got off and the bus started moving again. I pulled the line.

My roommate was up when I got home.

“Wattup.”

“Yo.”

He cracked a beer, “drink?”

I waved him off and went to my writing desk. I zoomed in on the bus that night. I wrote about the girl, the crying, the makeup, the words, the feelings, hers, mine, all of it. 

Few days later I read it out loud.

Someone sneezed.

“Bless you.”

“Go on.”

I did and then it was over and everybody was looking at me.

The Prof crossed her arms, “That’s your best story so far.”

I shrugged.

“You don’t think so?”

I shrugged again, “it’s just a moment.”

“Yeah, but moments are relatable,” she said, “powerful.”

Yeh, funny — now I work in copywriting  and moments are everything.

When in doubt, zoom in. 


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