What Writing - Set 4. Five minutes
Curb
Bad luck with curbs
The sound and bump when the car tire hit a metal piece sticking out of the curb
Didn't see it
Until after the jolt
When I got out of the car and watched as the tire flattened.
Ssssss.
The car slowly settled as the tire deflated.
ANother time, another place,
A car coming from the other direction was crossing into my lane
As I rounded the curb.
So I cut the corner a little more tightly than usual.
Thump, scrape,
Why does it sound so loud from inside the car?
Parked and looked.
Exhaled in relief
Scraped plastic hubcap no tire damage.
I shuffled to the store,
Checked the tire after shopping
Checked it every time i drove for the next few days.
No change.
Got off easy that time.
Watching as the surgeon removed the bandage from my daughter's ankle
Several days after surgery
She slipped on a curb while walking her roommate's dog
Snow and ice on the ground
He couldn't be bothered.
So she was out there.
She's loyal,
To a fault.
It took every ounce of strength I had to not gasp.
Or gag.
© 2023 Sue Schnitzer
