HAMBURGER (5-minute Freewrite)

a 5-minute Freewrite by A.E. Jackson

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He swallowed hard. At long last, the dry bite in his mouth was gone. He glanced up at the clock and a full four minutes had passed while he chewed. Turkey meatballs was not your usual Thanksgiving Dinner. Then again, his cousin's fiancée was not your usual hostess.

"You like it Terry," she asked. Angelique was beautiful to be sure. His cousin as a blessed man. She was not too bright however.

"Hmmm? Mmmmm. Yeah," he said. "You have a way in the kitchen, Angelique."

"Angel, please. My friends all call me Angel."

"Sure. Can you pass the cranberries," he said, "Angel?"

She lifted a bowl into the air and placed it in front of Terry.

"Say, what is this?" he said. He pointed down at the clumps of meat still on his plate. He couldn't recall ever having turkey this dry in his life. But there it sat, waiting to be muscled down with a side of moist cranberries.

"Hamburger!"

T H E E N D

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