Molten pavement stuck to her feet in
blazing red and black holes through thin soles. Oblivious to pain,
blind to flashing neon ahead. She moved her legs as an automaton in a
window on the Vegas strip.
She exhaled inaudible words through
chapped lips. Dusk fell around her and the conversation behind her
eyes played as plausible scenario. Somewhere ahead, she' d find a
fountain, clean up and drink till sated.
Soon she would see the end of her long
journey. All she owned was tucked in the leather bag dangling from
her clavicle, she held it tighter out of urban reflex..what would she
do if she found him? Nails digging into her palm, jaws clenched, she
walked on.
She saw him holding that woman. She
turned around, walked into the club's fountain to soak her feet and
have a drink of reality. A bright sign spelled “ Happiness Is Here”
