The Clothes Horse
Posted on: March 15, 2008Copyright © 2008 Sticky Pen
THE CLOTHES HORSE (This is dedicated to why_not_tonight, who sent me an e-mail asking me to write about “…a 20-something who goes into a clothing store…” or something like that. I told him I was working on another story, which I am, but that I would get to his request as soon as I could. After receiving his e-mail late at night, I closed down my computer and went to bed and lay there tossing and sleepless all night because of this story’s characters, who came out of the mists of my mind saying “Write me or else!” I went to work the next morning exhausted, dragged through the day, and am only writing now because I need some sleep. I hope this is satisfactory, why_not_tonight, so that these two will leave me the hell alone! – BardOhio) I walked into the downtown mall looking for something special to wear to the frat party this weekend. I had no idea what to look for, because I am not a fashion plate, but my frat brothers were tired of my thrown-together look and they had made it absolutely clear that I would be severely punished if I showed up at this special party in my usual dowdy, bedraggled threads. Just how they could – and have – punished me in my two years in the frat house is another story – in fact several stories – for another time… I am not typical Greek frat-boy material, which was also made clear to ...
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