Word Power
"The usual, Hon?"
"Yeah."
"Anything else I can get you?"
"No, just the coffee." I hand her my prepaid Starbucks card.
"Do you need your receipt?"
"Nah. But tell me if I owe you money. I think the card's nearly used up. I probably need to recharge it."
She pulls the receipt from the register and looks it over. "You’re OK. You've got like three more coffees on this."
"Really? I guess I'm not as on top of the situation as I thought."
"Or maybe more so. Maybe you're being proactive."
The word hangs out there in the air. "Proactive. I like that. Proactive is a good ‘word power’ word."
She waves me off dismissively. "I got lots of words. I use them all the time."
"Yeah," I say, "I know what you mean."
9:09:22 PM  Stories
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