Wednesday, December 20, 2017
'Connubial Yin Yang' (microfiction)
"What do you call that color? It's awful," said Everett when Mandy showed him how she'd painted their bedroom.
"I call it 'Mocha,'" said Mandy. "That's what it says on the can, too."
"I call it 'Squishy Wormwood,'" said Everett.
"That's just artless persiflage," Mandy replied. "It's better than it was. Much better. Warmer. Before, it was...'Droopy Milkiness.' That's the name for it. It was all milky. And droopy."
"Oh, it was better than that," Everett insisted. "It was lighter. Not depressing. It was the logical color for a bedroom. It had a certain... a certain 'Funky Syllogism' to it. That's what I would call it: 'Funky Syllogism.'"
"Whatever," Mandy averred with unquestioning imperturbability as she rolled her eyes.
"Tell you what," Everett suggested. "Let's paint two walls Squishy Wormwood and the other two Funky Syllogism."
"A compromise? Mocha and Milky Droopiness?" Mandy said. "What will we call that combo?"
"Connubial Yin Yang," Everett said as they collapsed into bed.
[not to be continued]
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nice fiction
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