Mickey Z

Cool Observer

Saturday, September 23, 2006

The Redhead Complainer™

Storytelling Saturday starts off sexy

Once upon a time...

“So I told him to get his own goddamned dinner.”

Thus spoke the Redhead Complainer. This vivacious female who regularly rides the N train with me once appeared intriguing...that is, until I finally heard her speak. And that only happened a few weeks ago, when the subway car was particularly bustling and my fatigued frame conveniently happened to be jammed up against hers and that of one of her gum-chewing friends.

The redhead had always been a bit of puzzle to me. I’d seen her semi-regularly on this train and she seemed to keep to herself. In fact, this was the first time I had ever seen her with a friend. I don’t know, there was just something about her. Let’s just say the redhead carries herself with an air of assurance.

Then, one tragic day, the redhead became The Complainer™...

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