There is a familiarity in recognition.
I cannot remember.
It is not by chance. That much I can establish. It's in the eyes. Whether by sparkle speckle or a twitch, there existed a finite residual feeling. I have met this person before. Was it in a past life? Was it on some distant planet? Where was it that our souls entered and occupied the same space? On the war field of Gettysburg, did your bayonet happen upon my chest? Did it pierce my lungs, and I fell gasping for air?
...breathless...
The tragedy is that it may have been trickery. The light waves and particles bouncing reflecting and absorbing and penetrating - shadowy figures in a mirage. Like a Siren to a sailor at sea, the Oasis of false hope can lure dessert rats to doom destruction and dehydration. The space between the space that lives in time. Maybe that is to blame. Then again one might as well blame the darkness within. Perhaps there the lonely voice longed for and so wanting thinking wishing breathing...
... life into familiarity...
In all actuality, maybe I was wrong. I tend so often to be that being right is unreal. Like an abducted of a UFO or a witness to a miracle, explanations simply do not capture the being there. How can a man, blinded by fire, make it down a mountain every really explain his experience? We're merely vessels...
...for words...
like familiarity and recognition resides in the mind. (My crazy crazy mind... likely). So goes the story of the only sane man in an insane world. Now behold...
...The 10 Commandments on How to Pick Up on a Girl at a local Bookstore Cafe...
1. Thou shall not under false pretenses go to the bookstore cafe to study knowing full well no studying shall take place.
2. There shall be no purchases of lattes whatsoever.
3. An open book is not an invitation. An open book says it all there in text.
4. Laptops shall not be prohibited. Leave the soft-core at home.
5. Thou shall not take a break longer than thy actual studying time, which does not include those interrupted minutes spent on the phone talking or text messaging.
6. Just because you recognize someone, does not mean they recognize you. Make your introductions genuinely.
7. Questions should have answers, but some answers need not be questioned. This is not an interview, but be open to in depth research.
8. Silence your phone. Only pick up if it is mom calling.
9. Know the rules so that you can break them. That goes, break only the rules you can get away with breaking.
10. If at any point you feel the need to make a point followed by a ridiculous list (be it a practical & functional list) - refrain resist and than submit and do so as quickly as possible. Then get back to supposed studying. Studying gets the girls so get on it!
2. There shall be no purchases of lattes whatsoever.
3. An open book is not an invitation. An open book says it all there in text.
4. Laptops shall not be prohibited. Leave the soft-core at home.
5. Thou shall not take a break longer than thy actual studying time, which does not include those interrupted minutes spent on the phone talking or text messaging.
6. Just because you recognize someone, does not mean they recognize you. Make your introductions genuinely.
7. Questions should have answers, but some answers need not be questioned. This is not an interview, but be open to in depth research.
8. Silence your phone. Only pick up if it is mom calling.
9. Know the rules so that you can break them. That goes, break only the rules you can get away with breaking.
10. If at any point you feel the need to make a point followed by a ridiculous list (be it a practical & functional list) - refrain resist and than submit and do so as quickly as possible. Then get back to supposed studying. Studying gets the girls so get on it!
if you leave comments on mine, ill leave comments on yours. :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting work nonetheless though.