Sunday, May 08, 2022

Dom Casual

If he was a typeface he'd be Dom Casual. He was always wearing his red and yellow pin-striped bathrobe even when rolling out his blue trash barrels to the curb. The kids in the neighborhood asked me is he naked under there?

I've never checked, I said, laughing. 

We're all naked under our clothes.

Mr. Casual as I like to think of him, walks his German Shepherd by standing in his yard in his robe, while holding his dog on a very long leash.

I saw him last Saturday watering his purple and white tulips. He was wearing leather tassel loafers without socks.

1 comment:

James Brunel said...

This is such a wonderful piece Emily. I wish you were in my writing group! Your world is populated with such sharply drawn characters. And I love the line, "We're all naked under our clothes."