Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Boring Parties

I attended a graduation party recently. Needless to say, I'm not very close to any of the attendees.

They mingled. Drifting from empty chair to empty chair, settling down for a few minutes, then going to the food table, only to return and find their seat occupied and it necessary to move on. Talking ceaselessly, their chatter mundane and pointless, nothing of worth ever being uttered.

They tossed back sodas and swayed to the sound of a soothing guitar strumming the melodies of current hits.

To the casual glance, they were relaxed, at ease, content and comfortable. Perhaps they felt they were, but under the surface lingered a tension that rose from murky, convoluted pasts.

The chaperones, all but two well over fifty, were chaperones in name only. Their attentions were focused mainly on the food table, or their own secluded conversations, or the toddler who went from knee to knee, scoring food and sweets on every try.
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