A figure artist I know once told me that when she needs to get back to learning the basics, she goes back to eggs, sketching them to learn anew form and shadow and shape. 'An egg a day.' I like that idea.

Writers may not be able to draw eggs, but we can write about them. 

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Egg # 45: The Well-Traveled Egg

A man takes a hard-boiled egg with him on a train trip. He removes the egg from the bag he carries it in five times to attempt to peel and eat it, but each time, he gets interrupted and has to put the egg back into the bag. Describe the places the egg had 'seen,' in 2 -3 sentences each, from the egg's point of view.

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