It lay there damp and forgotten, a single page from a small paperback book, half folded.
It rested uneasily amongst fallen leaves of crisp autumn gold, and I wondered why it was there, this little piece of toil and sweat and probably love.
Part of me wanted to stop and retrieve it, to cradle its limp frailty and read those words one last time. Part of me.
If it’s there tomorrow maybe I will. Maybe I will pick it up, lay it flat, dry it out and uncover its story, not just the tale its words helped to form, or the book from which it was rudely torn, but why it was there, why that page and no other?
Or maybe I won’t, I mean, a dog might have peed on it.
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October 6th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
jo you are so funny
October 6th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I was just thinking how sensitive you were when I read the last line! :0
October 6th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Practical to the end. You lost me in the romance of it all and then practicality broke through.
Made me splurt my tea.
*Off to make another brew….sigh*
October 6th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Hi Jo – now this is why I love you. Beautifully written with a corker of an ending. I do really miss you in my over-busy days
x
October 6th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
You certainly undid the romance of that thought in a hurry.
October 6th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Maybe it was torn from a book of magic spells by a wizard and a wicked witch will come looking for it in the night. Leave it there. You never know.
October 6th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
lol! Ya never know.
October 6th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
What a sad lost page. Lovely words you used to describe it.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
dog pee.
always good for a chuckle.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Okay, you had me going…then I remembered…you’re a funny little nut…lol…you turned my churning up to tears into a guffaw!
Sandi
October 7th, 2008 at 4:22 am
October 7th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Dog pee! LOL!!
BTW, I had to mention you in my Fun Monday post this week.
October 7th, 2008 at 10:55 am
what a beautiful turn of events. LOL
October 7th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Ahh thanks Daryl, hee hee.
Akela, I can be sensitive but then I get a silly urge, bad Jo.
CrazyCath, I am so sorry. Wasted tea is a sad thing.
DFTF, exactly.
Nola, it was weird and sad, but it did also look a little soggy and suspect.
Almost Mrs Average. I miss you too but you have to get that book finished young lady.
Irene I couldn’t resist, it’s the kid in me. Alright, it’s just me. ;D
Gonebacksouth maybe. I think I’d best leave it be.
Cami, yep, dog pee never lets you down.
Sandi, I like to keep you on your toes.
Daz, dog pee is funny isn’t it.
Hope the Jack boy is doing ok. x
Tiggerlane, I am honoured, it was a cool post.
October 7th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Oh Jo! You are such a hoot! Here I am getting all sniffly and then burst out laughing. Love ya.
October 7th, 2008 at 11:41 am
I had to read that last line twice. That was hilarious!
October 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Haha
Yeah – I would leave it.
October 7th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Oh Jo, go back and fetch it this minute! It may contain the secrets of the universe, directions to a portal into a parallel reality, or the answer to why Gordon Brown’s wig seems to be getting ever more bouffant. You never know. It’s your duty, as a Superblogger – pull your pants on over your tights and head off into the darkness to find it. Take a torch.
Mya x
October 8th, 2008 at 9:01 am
It’s going to take me a bit to figure out your blog here, I’m a little slow. I ride the short bus…still
October 8th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
A page in history – literally.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Har! LOVE that last line!!! Great post.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:54 am
Nice one. Bit of prose peed on.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:49 am
Brilliant post. I wonder if you went back…and did you pick it up?
November 5th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
YOU ARE BRILLIANT!
November 5th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
YOU. ARE. BRILLIANT.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Kim, thanks babe. It was kind of sad to see.
Erin, I try.
Sybil, it just looked a bit scuzzy you know?
Mya, you know after I read this I tried. I went out there loaded with rubber gloves and a pair of tweezers like they do in CSI, but it had gone, swept away by an autumn breeze. It’s probably down the drain somewhere now. I feel a bit sad. ;(
Doozie, that’s ok. I think I probably ride that bus too.
David, thanks. I wish I had it now, but then it might have turned out to be badly written semi p*rn and the more noble image I had in mind would be shattered.
Carol I didn’t, it had gone. I wish I had now though.
Susanna thanks. I think we all have a bit of brilliant in us sometimes, but it’s nice to hear, especially twice, hee hee,