Serpentine

The couple clenched hands and peered at me; him with anticipation, her with derision. I feigned a smile, ignoring the woman’s attempts to direct my gaze to her obnoxious engagement ring. They were drunken post-theater customers; an annoying necessity. “This is bullshit!” she spouted. I smiled, obedient, then laid the next tarot when a bewildered […]