Margaret's Torrent

Margaret's Torrent
Originally uploaded by my.third.eye

Margaret lived in a one-room studio apartment. Every day after work she came home and did predictable things. Hung up her red jacket. Turned the thermostat to sixty-eight degrees. Opened the refrigerator and stared at the bag of eczema'd baby carrots.

When the weekends arrived she allowed herself to see every step forward as a step into the unknown. She pondered her most secret eggs while lying in hot patches of sunlight, or went for long walks in search of tree trunks that curved back toward the ground. Or, better yet, she searched for nothing.

During her walks she clung to a small new camera that was rapidly becoming her antidote to life's wide array of disappointments, ugly run-ins with her own perfectionism, and the steadily ongoing demise of her most precious illusions.

One day, surrounded by a few really beautiful hours and an unexpected burst of rain, she stood on a revelatory street corner as a monsoon of euphoric intuition swept through her forehead chakra. All thoughts and words rushed out the soles of her feet and into the gutter.


 

Comments

[Ms.K]

Love the writing, but I can't for the life of me figure out that image.

[Pat]

Margaret intrigues me as much as Lenore...maybe they know one another.

[Anna Jarzab]

I am working with VOICE (an imprint of Hyperion publishers) on marketing a memoir by Kelly Corrigan, a thirty-six-year-old woman whose life was changed forever when she discovered a lump in her breast. Kelly’s breast cancer diagnosis was quickly followed by her father’s own late-stage cancer. After reading your blog, I thought this book might be of interest to you, and I would love to send you a copy for review or discussion on your website. Please feel free to contact me at anna@authorsontheweb.com for more information.
Best wishes,
Anna Jarzab