Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Telling Details

Rigid lines stripe the side of a dingy quarter as it spins down the slot and lands on top of a pile of fellow quarters making a small muffled “clink” sound. The faded white machine beeps and begs for just three more quarters. After the deal is made and the quarters reach the pile, searing water gushes out in a miniature water-fall style to fill the basin below. The smell of the water is slowly altered by an acidic chemical smell. The calm ripple of the filling basin is now suddenly changed by an added scatter of thick blue liquid that creates small white bubbles. The scent of the water will soon be changed again to add a hint of melon and lotus flower that will slowly disperse from a cylinder. Clothing from the week gone by is added, the lid is shut and the basin begins to turn.

(150 Words)

1 comment:

camccune said...

I like it very much! Good job.