She found the alley, stepped over the monsoon drain, smiled at the doorway where the little girl had been and was no more, and at the latched door in the whitewashed wall she tapped lightly.
It's loud out there, informal in the corporate sense of the word: men with their jackets off, their striped shirts shiny, their watches big, all of them eating burgers, sliders, fries, draining beer, smiling at clients, on the sell.
Entire worlds are at stake when Haze raps, whether she's penning dreamy love letters of cosmic scope to current and former girlfriends (Hot Like Fire, Gypsy Letters), piecing together her fractured life experiences (the emotionally draining closer, Smiles N Hearts), or rattling off scornful contempt over clattering beats (New York, Werkin' Girls).
I remember the smile draining from my old man's face that day.
Pacquiao wore a bandage over his right ear, which had been drained, a fedora and the smile of a man who had just made at least $13 million and won his seventh title.
He drained his beer and a sad smile crept across his face.
Then he drained consecutive three-pointers, flashing a smile and talking to his bench.
At the start of the second half, Walker took a pass at the top of the key, drained a 3-pointer and flashed his infectious smile.
Without levity, without smiles, it was hard not to feel drained.
The Dead? His smile faded, his gaze drifted, and the color drained from his face as he answered, "Parrotheads".
