Short story: Empty Room
Behind the expensive oak paneling, a dazzle of diamonds taut with anticipation lay in wait.
A glass of wine watches the Gauguin reproduction swinging from the wall, the mouth of the safe remaining tight-lipped.
A pair of high-heeled shoes lie jagged the floor, a duo of thickset black eye glasses webbed beneath them.
The smirking, life-savvy lips of a photo-couple make kisses at the ceiling from their overbalanced frame.
A scream rends the climate-controlled air.
The oak paneling longs for untenanted peace.
This is the result of a fifteen minute writing exercise. The only constrictions were the time limit and five randomly selected words from the dictionary. Today the words were: paneling, savvy, dazzle, thickset, and untenanted.
Image courtesy of smet_dk.
