Home fries and black coffee. Savory and strong. Light on pepper, heavy on cream.
Home fries and black coffee. Savory and strong. Light on pepper, heavy on cream.The phrases were all true but none true enough. They had to be perfect, and none was perfect enough. Not even close. I dropped my pencil and let my mind wander. Getting started was always the hardest part. I was in writing group. Not by choice. Nothing on this side of the wire fence was our choice. We lost that when we lost ourselves. Anyway, Coach said to write about ourselves. I had nothing I was willing to share. Not on paper, anyway. No matter – writing was mandatory. We were lucky, they said. Not everyone was given this opportunity. We’d meet weekly, for 45 minutes. Most weeks there were 12 of us. Well, 12 of us and one of th
