Chanel and Raspberries

Assignment: how life could've been. I pictured Kristin Davis as a more mellow than usual Charlotte York for this.

She sat at an outside table
Watching the people move quickly past
She picked at her salad, but savored her dessert
She checked her watch, 1:37
She checked her organizer:
“Retrieve Ella and Jaime up at 5:30” it read
A dog walked by that looked just like her Beatea
She closed her eyes and saw another street
In another city
In another country
Full of people
Lips moving rapidly
Forming unfamiliar words
A street musician played the accordion and sang
Her hat was half full of coins and bills
People added to the stash as they walked by
She took a strangled breath, opened her eyes, and saw New York again
She took out her Chanel wallet
And glanced at the picture
He was attractive in a chiseled way
Clad in Armani
She had worn Dior that day
And the kids were in Burberry
Even the dog was wearing solid money
With her sterling silver Tiffany dog collar.
With two crisp bills on the table
She stood and walked onto the crowded street
Melting into the human scenery of New York