Mars, Venus and Crickets
Breaking Up is Easy To Do
The only thing that had grown in the relationship was the Venus Flytrap. It was no Little Shop of Horrors, everything else was Little Shop of Horrors, including the unhidden random toothbrush in the plastic toiletries caddy, that like everything else in the house,was Lions Honolulu Blue and Silver.
Michelle both wanted to and didn't want to meet the owner of the toothbrush.
Halfway through Shawshank, when the pinup poster got changed, she made the decision to leave.
It wasn't the fault of the owner of the toothbrush.
It wasn't anyone's fault.
It was life, and life was full of shock, infidelity, men whose lives revolved around their football teams, and the occasional, overgrown, carnivorous plant.
As Michelle stood up, she heard a sputtering, a sound that she thought resembled someone choking on cigar smoke while drowning.
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