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Morning Open Thread. Bolly Picks a Flower [1]

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Date: 2024-06-25  

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Bolly Picks a Flower

Bolly was walking, the trees exhaled morning dew, and he hadn’t a care. Sunlight shown his way — and then a glint. Like a spark. He had a potato, baked and buttered, a memento of a friendly meal, and taking a bite, he paused. The glint became a glimmer. The racket of birds, and more birds, had dulled his thoughts.

Something. What? He kicked the dirt. A coin? A coin. A gold coin. He knew, and he did know — this could be trouble. He finished eating the potato, and wiping his hands on the seat of his pants — he kicked some dirt to cover the coin. Take a nap, he decided. In those bushes over there. A single gold coin on a road through the woods might be just that. Something told him, he knew better. Sleep came easy, the bushes were fragrant. Clethra? There was a woman. He was attracted. Celestina, she said. Henry, said Bolly — not Hank, but Hal if you wish. Harry, she asked? He gave her a golden coin. Hal, she smiled. A dog barked — more than one. Horses. Riders coming. Keep still. They passed swiftly by, from the direction he had come.

There was a lingering fragrance. Summersweet..? Bolly continued going, careless of where, just the way he’d been going. Forgetting the coin, he fixed a flower on the unusual brim of his unusual hat. Celestina, fading with every step. Celestina, lost in a dream. Byzantine Solidus Coin 10th Century

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