Thursday, August 19, 2010

Inverted Forest

Mr. Antheter has quite a long nose; so extended, in fact, that his allergies are roughly .25 percent more terrible than those of the average human being with a regular sized nose. He has a wife, so understanding and accepting of this unfortunate facial trait, who kisses him with her head turned almost completely to the side. This is how he knows that she cares about him. She forgets the date of their marriage ceremony, and she sleeps in rather late every morning, leaving Mr. Antheter to flip his own pancakes. But when she does wake up, boy, she smooches her husband sideways with passion that is so often forgotten when lips become familiar.