Monday, January 23, 2012

I Met Him

I met him.
I remember him.
I met him, some four years prior to this day.
At the Burger King,
Yes the Burger King on MLK.
I remember him
Yes I remember him
Because I had never seen a man with eyes so grey.
Not a pretty grey, mind you
But a strange grey
A grey the color of brain matter.
And his name, his name was Isaiah Francis
Or Francis Isaiah
I always forget
All I know, he wanted my number
And I gave him a fake one
Because I got it like that.

But I met him

You best believe I met him
And from this day on,
I will never forget,
Because he is on my TV,
On the evening news
Standing there smiling
Holding his 300,000,000 million dollar lottery check.

From Women of Color Writing Group, January 20, 2012... Writing prompts: When: four years prior, Where: burger king, Color: grey the color of brain matter, Who: Isaiah Francis. (blanks filled in by different people in the group

6 comments:

  1. Wooooo lawd!!!!!!!!! YES Lee! I LOVE it!

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  2. I thought you gonna say he found you and sent you something. Then the lottery payout had me thinking " I KNOW she is outa here" I then remembered that I saw you at work about 3 hours ago and I know if you came up on some money you would NOT be caught up in this blg at work! :)

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  3. You.Are.So.Talented.

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  4. Yes, you are soooo talented!!!!

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  5. Magnificent. I love the way your imagination works.

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Slap the *crickets* out the way, kindly step up to the mike, and SAY something!!