oak tree breeze

Not too many folks on the road right now, Sara glanced out the front living room window and noticed a huge live oak tree bending in the breeze. The tree must weigh 2 or 3 tons and if it crashed into the house it would do some heavy damage. The lights flickered and so she reached in the coleman cooler and pulled out a bottle of Boone's Farm. She screwed off the top and guzzled a sip, then twisted her face into a pretzel grimace as she swallowed the wine. She grabbed a Virginia Slim menthol from her purse and lit it with Fred's silver Zippo.

Jake's Drive-In

Three strands of Christmas tree lights dangled from the edge of the porch roof down at Jake's Drive-In. The only car in the parking lot was the candy apple red SS 396 Chevrolet Chevelle parked sideways with one white hood-stripe showing towards Church Street. Empty Dixie Cups bounced across the asphalt. They danced over the splattered red and green reflections while "Satisfaction" blared from the cheap outdoor metallic speaker. It was Sunday night.