The Journal of Jim Benz Return of the Dream Journal
01/16/2016 06:11 p.m.
My wife Nancy and I are standing by a line of restaurant tables. They're mostly full except for the one right in front of us. It's in the "no wait" section up by the cash register, against the wall by a window. Before we decide to put our name in for a table elsewhere, we see somebody else slide into the no wait section ahead of us. And we think, "what the hell." So Nancy slides into the bench against the wall and, instead of taking the chair opposite her, I slide in beside her. Looking across the table, I see a fourth person taking a chair next to the one who preceded us. We're all now sitting together at the same table, looking across at one another. A vague sense of discomfort settles in as we meet each other's eyes. Who are these people? I am listening to Richard & Linda Thompson
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