TIMED WRITING EXERCISES INSPIRED BY NATALIE GOLDBERG'S WRITING DOWN THE BONES

July 5: 2-for-1 ( 5 minutes)

Order a beer, they bring you two, no questions asked, no thought about the fact that you just drove about 1,000 miles in less than 30 hours (not driving that whole time), no matter that you thought you might go out for another beer later tonight, no consideration for the fact that this town depresses you, that's suddenly apparent as you're driving around old neighborhoods you used to live in, when the second call to the one romance you'd hoped to see, had plans to hook up with, blew you off. Fuck that, and fuck you. And thank you, too. You don't really want to have a reason to come back to this town. There's a boy back home who makes you blush, ties your tongue, makes you say to yourself, "If he's there tonight, I'll say something to him." He's there, but you don't say anything, not really, you don't say what you want to say.