Along Comes Clementine

by Peta Meredith Williams

Joe Bartholomeuw loves his steak medium rare, with beer, potatoes and peas. For breakfast he likes black coffee at the local and maybe toast. He is unassuming, and quiet-like, some would say simple, slow, but in reality he just doesn’t wish to let on what he knows or is thinking at any given time. He works at a garden centre in a small town west of Virginia. Every morning he rises at 6 am and has his first coffee on his veranda, watching the locals start their day. He then gets ready for work and waits until 8 am when a girl named Clementine walks past on her way to the bus stop, then on seeing her, he knows his day will be just wonderful.

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Peta Meredith Williams is a writer, artist, and composer from Sydney, Australia.