Running late again, Jack whispered curses when the driver before him didn’t speed through the yellow light. Jack sighed, then noticed in his rearview a man, gray-bearded, stained-hatted, lift an enormous mug and sip. Morning sunlight on that silly white soup bowl with a handle broke Jack’s annoyance and filled him with an unexpected burst of love (no other word for it), love for mug man, for yellow-light driver, for everyone on the road and at home around this oversaturated planet. But Jack watched for the light to turn green. Love this fragile could be shattered by one mistimed start.
John Sheirer lives in Western Massachusetts and is in his 30th year of teaching at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield, Connecticut. His latest book is the award-winning short story collection, Stumbling Through Adulthood: Linked Stories. Find him at JohnSheirer.com.
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