The course title looked so interesting that she could not resist. Renewable History. What if she COULD go back in time? What would she change? What would she fix?
Would she go right for the really big stuff (President Kennedy don't go to Dallas!) or simply fix the relationships she'd messed up. And, oh, she'd messed up a few.
Maybe it was her attention span. She'd stay interested. She get passionate. She'd be all about the all over of everything connected with her partner and then...and then her partner would do something so annoying she just couldn't believe it. A misplaced fart. A dirty toothbrush. A wet toilet seat. A scratch on the car. That was the picture. She could never picture herself staying with anyone forever, even though she always said that she would.
Isn't that what they wanted to hear?
Like that dinner at that Mexican restaurant in Louisville. She liked it really spicy. Her partner was a spice wimp. He couldn't take the tears. Wasn't that always the case? He couldn't take the tears.
She could take the tears. She could let it rip. She could tear up a relationship like it was nobody's business -- and wasn't it just HER business anyway?
Five minutes, she thought. Five more minute of this and I'm out of here.
Renewable History. Hmm. She thought. Maybe Tennis 101 is a better choice...
-- doug smith
PICTURE THIS:
1. Pick a random image2. Write, inspired by that image, for five minutes and then stop.
