Diversion Life is like this idiotic game. She stood watching me play, then out of the blue, dropped that pearl of wisdom on me. How so? Well, you’re just a useless ball getting knocked around and thrust from side to side and up and down. You can’t get anything done because once you try you’re catapulted in another direction and you gotta face
The way pinball game becomes a metaphor for life has me thinking about how the characters in the story move around.
The drunk boyfriend is trying to score with his girl. He's physically pushing her around.
And the player is trying to score a cheap night out by making his money stretch by being a better pinball player.
I love the ending image of the pinball disappearing into the dark, just like the drunk couple disappears from the narrative. The player will also disappear into the darkness when he's done playing.
The way pinball game becomes a metaphor for life has me thinking about how the characters in the story move around.
The drunk boyfriend is trying to score with his girl. He's physically pushing her around.
And the player is trying to score a cheap night out by making his money stretch by being a better pinball player.
I love the ending image of the pinball disappearing into the dark, just like the drunk couple disappears from the narrative. The player will also disappear into the darkness when he's done playing.
Nice dialogue but it's the small details - the bubble, the omelettes that make this work so well