Conflict Prompt

Lyons Library Writing Group

June 11, 2009

James Gregory Maynard

Gathering and Saving
vs Release

“Why are you putting that in the yard sale, I might
need that?”

“It has been sitting upstairs for over 5 years.  What are the chances you will ever use
this again?”

“Well, I don’t know, but I want to keep it, and
why did you bring this down?”

“We’ll never use that again, and if we do need
one, I’ll buy you one.”

“Wait a minute, you can’t put this in the yard
sale.  You know this is special to
me.”

“Look there is not much more room up stairs for you to
store these treasures.  You need to
clean out some of this stuff.”

“Why there is plenty of room down here.”

“No way.
This is for equipment, you have your space, and there we have our space,
and our space is for storing equipment.”

“Aw common, not this, you can’t be serious about
putting this in the sale too!”

“Ok, but after I return all of this stuff upstairs
there will be nothing left to sell, so let’s cancel the yard sale.”

“Fine with me, if you want to be that way.”