Fountain
She makes eye contact with the bartender while pointing to the empty shot glass. "Another Johnnie Black," she says.
may 13, 2023
The bartender nods and fills the glass. "You doin' okay?"
She says nothing and stares at what she can see of herself in the mirror behind the bottles.
"I'm just askin'," says the bartender, returning the bottle to the shelf.
With Jackson Browne's "Fountain of Sorrow" flowing softly through the ceiling speaker, she raises the glass to her lips, refusing to acknowledge the tear sliding down her cheek.
notes
Today the prompt presented by Fálki at her Mighty Network is "fountain", and that word always makes me think of Jackson Browne's "Fountain of Sorrow", one of the great songs of my lifetime, from what is certainly Browne's best album. The song is about breakup and loss, so my "story start" is as well.