Comments on 'Lipogram'"What is a lipogram?"
It's a surprising inquiry, coming from my girl.
"Who told you about that?"
"Douglas."
Douglas. Also known as Doug. Also known as DRH. Douglas is my rival; Always flirting with my woman.
"I thought I told you not to talk to him."
A sigh; A shy grin; A distant look.
"You did. Anyway, what is it?"
"A lipogram is a story which is told without using a particular symbol."
"So you could do it using no 'c' or 'd'?"
"You could, but it's usually not a consonant."
"Wow. That sounds hard."
"It is. But so is a crossword."
"Could you also do it in Mandarin?"
I laugh. China is a common topic for us.
"Avoiding a particular radical is similar, but I don't think that is as hard."
"Do you author lipograms?"
"I do. I find it addicting."
"That isn't a word."
"It is so."
"No it's not! Look it up!"
As I turn around to look for my dictionary, a door slams.
Most of our discussions finish this way.
What did I say wrong? What did I do wrong.
I think about our past and our tomorrows and I jot it all down.2008-05-09T18:40:20Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/29932Comment on Lipogram<p>Nicely done, even around the challenge of no ‘e’ you managed to get across an interaction that serves as typical and indicative of a whole relationship.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29932?basename=611962008-05-09T18:40:20ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on Lipogram<p>Thanks. It was hard to resist ‘she’ and ‘her’.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29932?basename=611952008-05-09T18:35:29ZAdjustinghttp://ficlets.com/authors/adjustingComment on Lipogram<p>Nicely done :) I thought the “my girl” part sounded a little awkward at the start, but under the circumstances, it’s a good choice :)</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29932?basename=611842008-05-09T18:05:51ZLee Braidenhttp://ficlets.com/authors/lee_b