This Or That

Went to see the computer guy today.

He’s telling me I need this or that replaced

When I ask him “What is that?

He says “Well, it’s this thing in the case.”

“Do you mean this here thing?,” I point.

“No. That thing. See? With the face.”

“Oh!” I say, “That little thing sitting there.”

“Yes,” he says. I buy it and off I race!

Naida Lavon

03-02-10

Write Around Portland Workshop

Prompts: “Can it be repaired?” or “Are you lost?”

5 minute free write after a reading aloud an excerpt from John Steinbeck