February 1, 2012
Dante’s Cappuccino

grouchomac:

The Devil is a rather cordial fellow. I met him one afternoon at a coffee shop. Now, most people assume that they’d run into the Devil in a bar or an alley or a parking lot. Nope. The Fallen Angel, the Prince of Darkness, Lucifer, frequents coffee shops. I was in one of those independent places filled with liberal arts college hipsters and aspiring writers with MacBooks. Some people have joked to me that they expected that the Devil would be hanging out in a Starbucks. I actually asked him about that, and he said, “Even I wouldn’t be caught dead in such a place. What do you take me for?”

The first question I always get about that meeting is what is he like? He’s the Devil. He’s charming but serious, sarcastic but emphatic, intense but reflective. What he is not is some pall that kills the mood around him and preys on people unsuspecting of his identity. He’s rather inviting and reassuring.

His smile is slightly predatory, but the best smiles usually are. His whole face creases into a wide v. Unfortunately, he has a slight underbite, but he said he’s going to ask his dentist about it the next time he goes. When he doesn’t smile, he leans the top of his head forward, brings up his eyebrows, and only slightly parts his lips.

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    cool story. Check
  5. ordinarywonder said: You should tag more of your work long reads. It’s a tag just like #prose or #poetry. This is a very cool story. Well written as always.
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