Thursday, September 13, 2007
Only Takes a Chocolate Bar to sum it up
It was exactly five weeks ago that Nano left my place suddenly and curtailed his two nights’ stay with me. I never saw him again.
That Thursday afternoon, we went out for lunch and went to the shopping mall to get him a toothbrush. Walking hand in hand, we strolled past a lady who was handing out free chocolate bars as a new product launch. She gave each of us a bar.
“Why are they giving us free chocolates?” he asked.
“I don’t know. I think it’s a promotion for this new brand.”
As Forest Gump's mum puts it, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get."
I sure didn't see it coming.
*****
When we got home, he suddenly decided that he had to leave.
He would stay for another hour and then he would leave at 4pm.
*****
I saw him off while he boarded the train.
We kissed and then I blew him one last kiss as the door closed between us.
Then I got home.
The chocolate bar was there sitting on my coffee table.
I picked it up and examined it.
Fling- that’s the name of the chocolate bar.
We could well have been the poster boy and girl for the marketing campaign.
It was exactly five weeks ago that Nano left my place suddenly and curtailed his two nights’ stay with me. I never saw him again.
That Thursday afternoon, we went out for lunch and went to the shopping mall to get him a toothbrush. Walking hand in hand, we strolled past a lady who was handing out free chocolate bars as a new product launch. She gave each of us a bar.
“Why are they giving us free chocolates?” he asked.
“I don’t know. I think it’s a promotion for this new brand.”
As Forest Gump's mum puts it, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get."
I sure didn't see it coming.
*****
When we got home, he suddenly decided that he had to leave.
He would stay for another hour and then he would leave at 4pm.
*****
I saw him off while he boarded the train.
We kissed and then I blew him one last kiss as the door closed between us.
Then I got home.
The chocolate bar was there sitting on my coffee table.
I picked it up and examined it.
Fling- that’s the name of the chocolate bar.
We could well have been the poster boy and girl for the marketing campaign.
