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# Early Grey
- URL: https://mindovermechanism.com/drabble-early-grey/
- Published: 2026-04-06T01:03:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-14T08:42:13.000Z
- Author: Peter Merrens
- Tags: Prose

Earl Grey please.   
  
First sip.   
  
The bitter platform, a dark leg-forest, then my grandmother's fingers no longer warm my hand. The seat itches behind my knees. A crescendo of slamming doors, a two-tone whistle and I am alone. A ticket is stapled, SEAFORD, to my lapel. My feet don't reach the floor. A sisal-bound wax paper packet balances on my goose-bumped knees: bread, sour butter and a winter apple, always greasy and smelling like the drink held above my head in ‘never touch’ china. I bite my nails. The passengers look away.   
  
Even today: with every sip.  
  
Oil of Bergamot.