Circling the Drain
“Dianne made nervous chitchat at first but Sarah was seventeen and having none of it.
Listen, she said to her mother, laying a hand on her arm, it’s okay to be afraid.
I know that, Dianne said. Excuse me but who’s the mother here?
Sarah had the window seat. She watched the sky change and the land pass beneath them and thought of her black-haired boyfriend back in Virginia. She could picture him in his room, practicing the oboe, a green bandanna tied around his head. She could even imagine what T...-shirt he’d be wearing, which faded jeans, and the image birthed such a longing that the girl glanced at her mother, afraid these thoughts might be audible. Then she glanced away.
In the airport, the baggage carousel turned slowly, spitting suitcase after suitcase down the long black belt. They stood in a cluster of passengers; the room bustled with people yanking bags.
Do we have to go right there? Sarah asked with a slight whine in her voice.
Dianne looked at the girl, at her serious expression and her terrible haircut, which Dianne wasn’t allowed to comment upon because she’d promised not to, and after all, her daughter had come along on this unhappy trip.MoreLess
Listen, she said to her mother, laying a hand on her arm, it’s okay to be afraid.
I know that, Dianne said. Excuse me but who’s the mother here?
Sarah had the window seat. She watched the sky change and the land pass beneath them and thought of her black-haired boyfriend back in Virginia. She could picture him in his room, practicing the oboe, a green bandanna tied around his head. She could even imagine what T...-shirt he’d be wearing, which faded jeans, and the image birthed such a longing that the girl glanced at her mother, afraid these thoughts might be audible. Then she glanced away.
In the airport, the baggage carousel turned slowly, spitting suitcase after suitcase down the long black belt. They stood in a cluster of passengers; the room bustled with people yanking bags.
Do we have to go right there? Sarah asked with a slight whine in her voice.
Dianne looked at the girl, at her serious expression and her terrible haircut, which Dianne wasn’t allowed to comment upon because she’d promised not to, and after all, her daughter had come along on this unhappy trip.MoreLess
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