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The Touch

May 2, 2019 9 Comments

The Touch
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“Excuse me, could you pass the salt?” I asked the woman with flowing black hair at the next table. I had planned this moment endlessly in my mind.

“Busy,” she said, not looking up from her smartphone.

“But, there are no other salt shakers in the entire restaurant,” I begged.

She scanned the salt-less tables. Grudgingly, she handed her shaker across the gulf between us. Our fingers touched, lingering just a breath. A surprised smile warmed her emerald eyes.

It truly was love at first touch.

One day I must return the restaurant’s shakers hidden in the trunk of my car.

By Dart Humeston

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  1. Rosemary Reader and Writer says

    May 2, 2019 at 7:14 am

    Great stuff! Left me hoping mc managed to get off with the woman with flowing black hair.

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  2. Nam Raj Khatri says

    May 2, 2019 at 9:09 am

    Nice

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  3. June Riger says

    May 2, 2019 at 9:26 am

    Fun!

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  4. Paula says

    May 2, 2019 at 9:53 am

    Clever

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  5. Lisa says

    May 2, 2019 at 11:07 am

    Made me smile. Nice

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  6. diannemoritz says

    May 2, 2019 at 11:13 am

    nice, loved the surprise ending! but this gal ain’t worth your time…

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  7. b. says

    May 2, 2019 at 1:18 pm

    Thanks for the reminder. Some days we need a little distraction to make it possible for the beauty of life to outshine our distractions. Your story and your subject were equally applicable in my life today.

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  8. Jake says

    May 5, 2019 at 9:31 am

    Nicely done

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  9. David Batteiger says

    May 6, 2019 at 9:22 am

    Nicely done Dart! The story is endearing if taken on the surface, but I can also read as the main character being a bit of a stalker with such an involved plan to engage the first conversation. Maybe that’s just me looking for the darker thread in an otherwise light piece.

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