#308 Oragami Prunes- Antonio Ruiz-Camacho
This story was kind of all over the place for me. Two
displaced wealthy Mexicans meet in Laundromat in Austin. She is older and cynical, he is young and naïve. They have a torrid lost-weekend and then part ways
never to met again. There is some symbolism attached to wild fires, tumbling
inside of dryers, and Michael Jackson’s death, but it’s not apparent to me what
they mean.
That said, it wasn’t without some entertainment. It had a
few good lines. The first is probably my favorite first line in the 300 stories
I’ve covered in this blog:
“I first met Laura at a washateria the day both my washer
and Michael Jackson died.”
And then it also had probably the creepiest line I’ve read in
the 300 stories covered in this blog:
“Laura’s helplessness was wrapped in a thin layer of
arrogance that made her sexy and unnerving, a thing you wanted to put your
hands on.”
So, there’s that.
Notable Passage: “Nostalgia is the saddest form of glee.”
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