Slightly Single

by Wendy Markham

  I’m okay.

  The shopping bags are weighing me down, and my black leather bag is heavy on my shoulder.

  I shift the weight.

  I walk.

  I’m still okay.

  On the corner, I impulsively take out Gulliver’s Travels.

  I deposit it into the overflowing trash can beside me.

  Now I’ll never know how it ends, I think a little wistfully as the light changes and I cross the street.

  I always need to know how books end.

  I usually flip ahead to the last chapter to find out.

  But maybe this time, for a change, maybe I don’t need to know.

  Maybe I’ll just learn to live with the suspense.

  SLIGHTLY SINGLE

  A Red Dress Ink novel

  ISBN: 978-1-4268-3366-3

  © 2002 by Wendy Corsi Staub.

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