The DL on Chai
I wasn’t happy with what I wrote yesterday, but it’s my policy to post things anyway, even if it takes me a day to get over myself enough to post them.
The last couple of days I’ve been trying to make stories that are 100 words or less. There are some really gorgeous ones online but last night I only managed this:
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“Recognize this?” She said, leaning gently against the counter. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a handkerchief. In marker on the corner were the initials, “DL.”
“Where did you get that?” I asked.
“From the garbage,” she replied. “Next to a spoon, a light, a needle, some porn.”
“Sounds like the motherfucker has found Jesus,” I said bitterly.
“His loss is our gain, DL.”
“I give up,” I said. “Hand me that needle and I’ll wash it.”
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I also wrote a bunch of bad poetry. This was the best of it.
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Chai tea
Is a redundant phrase
Chai means tea
So chai tea
Means tea tea
Why do the Indians have such a bounty of spices
The rest of the world once used their spices as currency
Fought wars for access to these rich flavors
While in India a cup of tea is not a cup of tea
Unless you’ve casually tossed in a handful of ancient gold.
Fresh Hell 
Ah, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and here I am in Geelong having a “tea tea”. I missed seeing your post yesterday, I’m still computerless, so I just catch what I can on my little phone ☺️
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Hi Ivor!
Sorry for being unclear… what I WROTE yesterday is what I POSTED today! So the poem/story in this post are the ones I was talking about.
This is the previous thing I’d posted, about fish, in case you’d missed it and wanted to see:
https://freshhell590830799.wordpress.com/2018/07/28/night-river/
I hope your computer gets up and running soon! But not so fast you can’t catch it 😛
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Oh, now I understand, I shall look at the previous post in the morning, 11.15pm here, and I’m tiring of this little phone 😐
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Rest well 🙂
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Mmm a hot cup of tea tea.
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I’m going to stop by the Automatic Teller Machine machine, then I’ll join you in a cup of tea tea.
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