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Weekly Contest #49
The candles stood unlit, they needn’t be otherwise. The dining table was ready, complete with naked plates, clothed only in the sickly glow of the lamplight. The room was prepared, embellished with dancing shadows that entertained our weary minds. They flickered from one wall to the other before mindlessly tipping a wall light, sending the golden liquid streaming further down the walls and pooling onto Mama’s carpet. The room was ablaze with life: the streaming gold, the dancing shadows, the proud candlesticks and the sleeping oak of the tab...
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