Cooperative Very Short Story

On May 3, I sat at the Sask. Writers’ Guild table for a couple of hours with Danica and Cheryl for the Broadway Arts Fest in Saskatoon. I provided the opportunity for people walking by to add to a cooperative story. The following is what we ended up with (bilingual, too):

Late one evening Geraldine walked out of the Broadway Theatre after the last show and noticed someone lurking in a doorway down the street.

            “Gerry! Gerry!” she heard the man whisper. Her heart and memory started racing. Could it be???

            “Dans la province prairie

            J’ai fumé du riz!

            Demain je vais boire un arbre et

            Sans doute je finirais dans les étoiles!”

            These lines of poetry raced back to her, along with flashes, memories of summers spent with Gerry.

            This is the type of thing that happens in the city. You meet all kinds, but for me I’m headed back up  north to the still and quiet!