“It’s a gesture, I’m wary of gestures, it’s how somebody treats you when no one is looking that shows their true feelings,” she said airily, with a flick of her hand.
He lowered the flowers sadly and since her attention had already wandered, he walked away. As his feet scuffed the gravel and his shoulders slouched, his mind was ticking over the conundrum: how can I do something that isn’t a gesture?
inkbiotic 
Word. Well said. 🙂
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Thank you
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Dude! This is insightful… How can you do something that isn’t a gesture? From my own experience sometimes its like you can’t actually do anything. Complex!
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Yes, people are tricky buggers! 🙂
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That’s putting it nicely! 😛
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As someone who is routinely bothered by people’s arbitrary antics, this piece of fanfiction hit close to home.
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Thank you, I’m glad. Antics can be arbitrary. I’m not sure it’s fanfiction though, what would it be based on?
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Darn. I meant to write flash fiction. I’d blame it on auto correct but then I’d be admitting that I allow auto correct to do anything.
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Lets just blame it on gremlins then 😉 the little fiends 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Salem Author From Bennington and commented:
From Inkbiotic’s blog. Check out my fellow blogger’s flash fiction and short stories if you get tired of listening to my ramblings. 😉
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“how somebody treats you when no one is looking”… there is always one other person watching, the other party to the transaction.
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I swear I replied to this, and the message up top. Anyway, thank you for comment, I guess we live in a world of being watched now anyway, difficult to escape it.
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Spot on…
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Thank you!
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Well that definitely gives me something to think about😩
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But I hope it didn’t make you as not-happy-not-sad as your smiley.
It’s all good, really 🙂
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