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Word Prompt #1: Saudade
(Portuguese) The Feeling of longing for an absent something or someone that you love but never return.
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In Search of The New Worlds

They hadn't heard an ice cream truck in this neighborhood...

"Well?" he said in red apron, ringing a bell, and hovering a fist to the left, to the right, to the left again, as she looked up pensively from her report and smiled.

"I'll... have... November..." she said playing along with the spark in his amused eyes.

"Two scoops, or three...?"

"Mmmm... maybe, I'll have.... a Sundae..."

"Ahh," he said with flourish of gestures preparing the tall imaginary soft serve in a cup shaped cone.

"With sprinkles," she added, knowing he would pick the hot fudge sauce.

"Viola! Holidaze flavour!" he said, procuring it gingerly and she took it up carefully in two hands, knowing they were talking about memories and invention.

"mmm... so good! Thank you!"

"And I'll have--" one, two, three, four scoops of, "---June."

01.30.2024

Saudade challenge @AJAY9979