This is a story in exactly 81 words. Originally written in 2014 for the (now defunct) website 81words.net. Find more of these stories here


She noticed a man on the other side of the road. He was just standing there, staring at the distance, apparently doing nothing. She waited for some minutes, but he didn't move.

"Excuse me ", she said as she approached him. "Are you OK?"

"Oh, yeah, I'm fine."

"But what are you doing?"

"I am waiting for that moment."

"Which moment?"

"That one moment when everything starts making sense."

"Oh. I see." She paused. "Mind if I join you in waiting?"