Sunday, May 29, 2016

DAFFODIL ARRANGEMENTS

 

The Wedding. It was all supposed to play out magically, with flower girls, ring bearers, best men, and maids of honor. Balloons, symmetrically placed along the aisle, bobbed in the breeze from white chairs all in a row, waiting for the moment..

The Daffodil arrangements, made a striking accent.

A string quartet played, with dry precision.

The dove crates arrived on time, and the birds were primed for their release.

But ‘the Wait’ was wanting something to happen, and the throng started to stir. What was the matter? was the tone of the chatter, and no one could answer.

Then the shriek filled the chapel, and the commotion commenced. In the midst of it all, to the horror of the bride, hence her plaintive cry, it seems, the groom has died.

He went quietly, silently, leaving a sad simple note that said,

“I chose suicide”.



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CITY AT NIGHT / sketch














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