Carefully planned homicides, life imprisonment, forced resignation of public officials, legitimated plundering, movements on the stock exchange,weather forecasting,changes of government, coups d'état, repeal of laws,... poisoned the air at the cafe, making it thick and uncomfortable.
The sleepy smoke from the pipes climbed slow through the depths of predictions.
The most highly reputed moustaches of the city declaimed categorical rosaries of warnings and advice.
Some beards, already grey, agreed vehemently, getting tangled in the tight warp of bickering.
Opinions...
Story chosen to take part into the anthology of the Short Stories Contest “OPINIONS”