Silence is all I have tonight. The silence of sparsely populated buses and late-night cyclists. I can see the flicker of a TV through a window across the parking lot. The screen flicks colours faster than my eye can register from this distance. So I play guessing games: video games, the news, sports, an old movie. Maybe all swirled into the fuzz of channel surfing. Sub-aural messages into the darkness. They hold me like the strange touch of a new friend. I shut my blinds and pretend there is nothing but silence.
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Half-written
I have crisped under hot skies and I’m ready for the cooling. August isn’t even half done, but my summer is on the downswing. I have started to notice that the daylight is less: the sun is finally exhaling after weeks of holding its breath. I am deeply aware of the twilight tonight. I am deep in the twilight.
A young Old Man reminded me (inadvertently and impersonally) that a song that must be written if you can hear it, and must be shared if it’s your heart. So I picked up my guitar again and waited for my throat to catch. I am deeply aware of the twilight tonight. And all that’s missing here are the fireflies and the firelight and maybe your face. I am deep in the twilight.
Sleep is walking back to me, washing under me, and tickling my feet. I’m ankles deep in heartbeats that fell from my memories. And we wandered open and wide to the sound of a lazy brown river meandering over the ground. I am deeply aware of the twilight tonight. And your kisses are here in the candlelight. I am deep in the twilight.
Don’t tell my friends I love them
Email exchange
Me: I miss you a weird amount.
Friend: A weird amount? Like one kilometre? Or 7 1/8th pachyderms?
Me: Exactly. I knew you would understand.
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If you are ever in Charles City, Iowa
Make sure you visit Aromas Café. They have damn fine coffee. And a very friendly owner.