Thursday, April 2, 2009

55 Flash Fiction Friday - 4/2/09

I have been labeled lately by my 55 Flash Fiction Friday readers as the Prince of Poignant and Pathos, so I thought I had better change it up this week.

At the mall in front of Starbucks
Sipping six dollar brew
A fragrance wafted by
It was Estee Lauder Youth Dew
It stirred both a pleasant rousing in his fruit of the looms
And the memory of 40-year-old heartache
As his mind recalled this very scent on her young skin
He couldn’t help but smile
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19 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 2, 2009 at 6:27 PM

    This is really good. What a great memory smell is for us! Like the smell of any elementary school or the school supply section in a store for me. Love ya. Carly

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  2. Lulda CasadagaApril 2, 2009 at 6:32 PM

    It is so amazing how a certain smell can send us back in time...hope it was good memories. Cool 55...;) Oh, Bingo I'm the
    1st here...ha...ha beat G-Man!

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  3. AnonymousApril 2, 2009 at 9:08 PM

    six dollar brew!!! ouch!

    Great 55 ;-)

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  4. stanApril 3, 2009 at 1:25 AM

    you have some real poignant shots and writeups here!

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  5. Eaton Bennett aka Berenice AlbrechtApril 3, 2009 at 1:55 AM

    Interesting how certain things trigger off memories...but that particular perfume makes me sneeze like crazy. :)

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  6. ShadowApril 3, 2009 at 2:21 AM

    wow, stunning... didn't know men thought like that too....

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  7. Hootin AnniApril 3, 2009 at 3:28 AM

    awwwwwwww, this is sweet.

    My 55 is posted today...scroll down below the flower photos to find it. Come on over if you can find time. Happy weekend.

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  8. G-ManApril 3, 2009 at 3:38 AM

    Don't let any smart-ass remarks by me change your style of writing.
    But on the other hand, I totally related to this..
    Certain scents do indeed trigger certain reactions..hehehe
    Excellent 55!!
    Thanks for always playing so well, and have a Great Week-End...G

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  9. myrtle beached whaleApril 3, 2009 at 4:06 AM

    G-Man - I don't want to get predictable or boring. Sometimes I can get maudlin.

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  10. MonaApril 3, 2009 at 4:29 AM

    Smell ca bring in such memories. I have a small scarf of my then new born son which still has a baby smell of him , although he is in college now! :)

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  11. Dr.JohnApril 3, 2009 at 5:53 AM

    There is still a bit of pathos there.
    A poor old man pushed by a smell to remember happy times that can never come again.

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  12. FandangoApril 3, 2009 at 8:04 AM

    We found your story so tasty , I mean good, that we could almost taste, I mean see the old guy.

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  13. Maude LynnApril 3, 2009 at 8:55 AM

    Hey, that's still poignant! Love it!

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  14. ciaraApril 3, 2009 at 9:00 AM

    hehe i like this one. i'm always amazed how a smell, a sound, a voice, etc., can trigger memories. great 55. :)

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  15. MaryApril 3, 2009 at 9:35 AM

    Amazing how scents bring back memories, isn't it?

    Great 55!

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  16. myrtle beached whaleApril 3, 2009 at 10:51 AM

    hey, he was smiling at the memory.

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  17. tsduffApril 3, 2009 at 4:46 PM

    That is beautiful - both visually and in verse.

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  18. RedheelsApril 4, 2009 at 3:52 AM

    Nice post.....isn't it delightful how the mind can flash back, taking us to blissful memories from years past?

    I don't ever find your posts to be boring or predictable. Sometimes, I do get tearful as I read them, but that's OK for me, because you write from your heart.

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  19. AnonymousApril 14, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    so sweet !!

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