The loudest voices are the ones that speak a different language in different places. The camaraderie is unmistakable, as I see in the backslapping and guffawing.
The superior lateral vision I’m born with (some people call it intuition), helps me see the passing empty look on faces as soon as another face turns away.
The bartender is the last one to be working late, as many others pack up and leave.
The party is over. It’s time to disband and return to micro-worlds, where you live the life of your beliefs, not the one you espouse and support so strongly.
Written for Six Sentence Stories hosted by Denise
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Easier to “talk the talk than walk the walk”. Much of our social gathering is as much engaging in mutual storytelling as it is wishful thinking.
Spot on Six, Reena.
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You are so right about mutual storytelling and wishful thinking.
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A strong opening sentence. Oh, that desire to fit in…
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Thank you, Nicole!
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I, somehow, relate to this. Excellent.
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You made my day. Thank you, Indira!
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My pleasure, dear.
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Insight maxed…of masks and other garments…
Spot on!
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Thank you, Spira!
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Cynical as ever, Reena!
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Thank you, ceayr! 😂
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Excellente! Great story, Reena.
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Thank you!
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And that’s one reason not to like those big gatherings. You leave the place emptier than before you walked in.
Nice capture of the bleakness!
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Thank you, Liz!
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really good stuff.
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Thank you, UP!
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Reblogged this on NEW BLOG HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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Nice!
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Thank you!
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Most welcome, Reena!
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lol*
“…where you live the life of your beliefs,
…full of doors that offer passage, yet we remain focused pretty much on what has come before rather than what might be
*compliment on an insightful Six
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Thanks a ton, Clark!
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The masks we wear to be accepted, but at what cost? Neatly done, Reena.
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Thank you, Jenne!
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