Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 06:08:53 -0700
Title: Claire's tears

"D'ya have a light?" Tod asks Claire.
"Yeah, probably right here,"  Claire says, moving toward Tod,
as she unzips one of the pockets on her leather jacket.
Her two fingers, fishing around inside the pocket, finds her
lighter as well as a note, neatly folded.  She flips the lighter
open and it lights all in one blurred motion, Tod leans
and re-lights his already half smoked HavaTampa.
"Sorry, no smoking in here,"  Jake warns from the other end
of the bar.
Tod glances and gives Jake a badass look and Jake just
shakes his finger, steps toward Tod, and says,  "no - no."

extort: suggests a wringing or wresting from one who
resists strongly.

Claire unfolds the note and begins reading. After a minute
 she wipes her eyes on her jacket sleeve, carefully refolds
the note and walks toward the other end of the bar where Jake
is wiping some metal beer mugs.  She holds the note at nearly
arm's length and waves it back and forth in front of Jake's eyes,
diverting his attention to it.
"Thanks, Jake.  I mean, I already knew, ya know. This sure
evokes some good memories ... for me."  Claire puts her
hand on Jake's and gives him a gentle squeeze.

evoke implies a strong stimulus that arouses an
emotion or an interest or recalls an image or memory
a song that evokes warm memories>.

"For a bartender you really know how to eke out  a tear or
two, don't ya?" Jake hands her the bar towel and she wipes
her eyes once again.


Lovely Thursday!  Alas and off we go toward another
weekend..

later,
 d.



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