Young Jap gal at the Balaclava shop, the rounded one with the face-paint and long false lashes, not in attendance this afternoon. Lovely smiling substitutes in her place very much of the same order, same warm, courtly manner. Tayk-avey? they all intone in the give-away accent, smiling even for that enquiry. Presenting the change the notes are formed into a raft with upturned ends, cradled in raised hands passing over the counter, coin secure within. The glory of the farewell there richer than anything the length and breadth of the street today and most other days.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Life-raft
Young Jap gal at the Balaclava shop, the rounded one with the face-paint and long false lashes, not in attendance this afternoon. Lovely smiling substitutes in her place very much of the same order, same warm, courtly manner. Tayk-avey? they all intone in the give-away accent, smiling even for that enquiry. Presenting the change the notes are formed into a raft with upturned ends, cradled in raised hands passing over the counter, coin secure within. The glory of the farewell there richer than anything the length and breadth of the street today and most other days.
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