Walk It Off – Flash Fiction

Walk It Off

With anxiety at a high level I’m pacing the room unable to calm down.  Everything was fine until the call from James.  Why did I answer?  He aggravated me more than usual.

I have to get out of here and walk before I blow a gasket.

I’m halfway down the street before realizing I had no coat.  Shivering, I wandered.  Lonely as a cloud nine, because they are few and far between, well at least to me.  I really can’t remember the last time I was happy with James.  He is probably the most high maintenance man I have ever known.  I feel like I am constantly babying him. Ugh!

The night time streets are empty and I am grateful for the solitude.  I’ll walk until I can cool off and then head home with a clearer head.

James is in the rear-view mirror.

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Lillian is hosting Prosery Monday at D'Verse and has prompted us with
the famous line "I wandered lonely as a cloud" from William Wordsworth's 
famous poem.  We are to use the line in its entirety with words in that order, although they may be punctuated. Prosery is a piece of flash fiction no more than 144 words excluding the title.