&quot;Are there any other kinds of mallow besides marsh,&quot; he asked between bites of his PBJ? Sabrina just chuckled. He'd gotten a glob of goober on his upper lip from the sandwich. Again. &quot;Here,&quot; she said, wiping a smidgen of the stain away and handing him the remains of the napkin. &quot;Clean yourself up and get your head out of the clouds.&quot; &quot;Fluffy, billowy, pillows of marshmallow clouds,&quot; he grinned. Heaven help her there was jelly slathered over his bicuspids. &quot;The most you've said to me in weeks and it's your magnum opus on mallow?&quot; She had turned away while asking the question, wiping coffee from Formica, not meaning menace. Not too much anyway. Only now as she turned back he was sobbing. Big, shoulder-shaking shrugs of tears and wailing. Reverse laughter: giant guffaws of grief, ground from his guts. He inhaled calmly like an Olympic swimmer and not like a drowning man. &quot;I just don't know how to tell you I love you anymore,&quot; he said through fishbowl eyes. &quot;How to tell you I love you and that it's over.&quot; 2008-06-18T22:20:26Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/30493 <p>Fantastic imagery in this one.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30493?basename=71812 2008-06-18T22:20:26Z ♠Ana Cristina♥ http://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78 <p>Thx, james.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30493?basename=64372 2008-05-23T16:30:46Z Seth Miller http://ficlets.com/authors/mostlymuppet <p>good. very good. this is my favorite yet of yours.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30493?basename=64368 2008-05-23T16:18:10Z jeherv http://ficlets.com/authors/jeherv <p>Unfortunately, I think it means something. Though, likely not as actually analogous or straight-forward as you might think.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30493?basename=64362 2008-05-23T15:42:43Z Seth Miller http://ficlets.com/authors/mostlymuppet <p>Terrific. You&#8217;ve got the language, the visuals, carrying us through and getting us involved enough for the gut punch to hit its mark. Nice. I just hope it doesn&#8217;t have to mean anything.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30493?basename=64360 2008-05-23T15:28:20Z Will Hindmarch http://ficlets.com/authors/wordstudio