Mugs
Dreamed 1985/12/25 by Wayan
for RC Gorman and
Stephanie Peaches
THAT DAY
Christmas at my family's. We watch the Nutcracker Suite with Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland. She's so fluid and French and slinky as a cat. Sexy. But what a stupid plot!
Soon as the TV's off, the quarreling starts. Our dad scolds my sister Miriel for trying to treat her nonstandard arthritis herself. "You're an amateur! You should respect doctors more!" Miriel points out that they had 20 years to work on her (costing thousands) and never helped. My father ignores her (valid) point, and keeps weaseling--pretending not to hear her, selectively, so as not to address her arguments. Digs at her all evening. And our mom blandly sides with... whatever he says.
THAT NIGHT
I'm in a shop full of coffee mugs. A sign says CLASSICS ON SALE. Apparently classics = antiques--that is, any mug with a chipped rim or broken handle! Sale? Discounted from antique prices to... normal. That is, quite pricy.
They're stacked in a lattice, rather precariously--to examine them seems risky. But I do, and find most are bland pastels I don't even like. But I find three mugs with deep colors and designs showing people and creatures, telling stories. Now these I like!
NOTES, YEARS LATER
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