7.10.08

S is for snow globe.

Something cheap and inordinately cheesy, I requested, and what I received was anything but. Glass and porcelain with real gold flakes fluttering like snow upon two lovers entwined, you unwrapped this symbol of your romantic devotion while my skin crawled in disgust. They could be you and me you said wistfully; we'll honeymoon in Paris. But I knew better, of course. You got everything wrong, and with one shake of the crystal ball I knew you knew nothing about me at all.

5 comments:

  1. eclecticOctober 7, 2008 at 9:30 AM

    I think if it's going to involve glass or porcelain, it should encompass alcohol as well, not gold-flaked water.

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  2. katOctober 7, 2008 at 9:45 AM

    amen!

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  3. mysterygirl!October 7, 2008 at 9:55 AM

    If that gold-flaked "water" were Goldschlager, I'd say maybe you weren't giving him enough credit...

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  4. katOctober 7, 2008 at 9:56 AM

    except if anybody gave me goldschlager i'd probably lose all respect for them forever and ever and ever.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 7, 2008 at 12:39 PM

    Snow globes are never the right answer unless the question is, 'What can I use to knock that burgler out?'

    What a senseless waste of gold.

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