Tell me if you’re game, and I’ll take you someplace you’ve
never been.
Maybe we’ll walk the cliffs by the lighthouse, not caring
about the steep drop to the bay as morning turns to afternoon.
Maybe we’ll go to the playground where kids light fires, play
on an abandoned excavator, and roll tires down the hill into the pond.
If you’re game, we can visit that club – the one with no
sign outside, just two men smoking in lawn chairs – and we’ll climb the steps
toward the pulsing beat to find couples entwined on banquettes, watching women
in skinny jeans and fuck-me pumps who own the dance floor. Maybe we’ll dance.
If you want to, we can get on a plane, then share a plate of
Congri and sip mojitos while we watch the people go by, until our heads swim,
no longer afraid to lose control.
All you have to do is tell me.
love the voice and movement of this
ReplyDeleteWonderful voice, wonderful suggestions! I love the sense of the endless possibilities. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Suzanne. That's exactly what I had in mind -- viewing life as a collection of possibilities instead of impossibilities.
DeleteInfinite possibilities. I like this. And please pardon me if I hear A-ha's "Take on me" playing in my head while I read it. It has that eighties love song feel.
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely pardoned. 80s love songs = win.
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