OMG
Allie just walked into the coffee shop looking beautiful as ever and I’m not even joking- Adele’s Someone Like You started playing.
Personal by Stars
Wanted:
Single F, under 33. Must enjoy the sun, must enjoy the sea. Sought by single M, Mrs. Destiny. Send photo to address. Is it you and me?
Reply to single M:
My name is Caroline. Cell phone number here, call if you have the time. 28 and bored, grieving over loss. Sorry to be heavy, but heavy is the cost. Heavy is the cost
Reply to Caroline:
Thanks so much for response. These things can be scary, not always what you want. How about a drink? The St Jude Club at noon? I’ll phone you first I guess. I hope I see you soon
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I never got your name, I assume you’re 33. Your voice, it sounded kind. I hope that you like me. When you see my face, I hope that you don’t laugh. I’m not a film star beauty. I’ll send a photograph. I hope that you don’t laugh
Note to single M:
Why did you not show up? I waited for an hour. I finally gave up. I thought once that I saw you, I thought that you saw me. I guess we’ll never meet now. It wasn’t meant to be. It wasn’t mean to be. I was sure you saw me. But it wasn’t meant to be
Wanted:
Single F, under 33. Must enjoy the sun, must enjoy the sea. Sought by single M. Nothing too heavy. Send photo to address. Is it you or me?
I Am Still Here
Damien Jurado
I stood alone there in the driveway
Till I saw your headlights fade
And disappear
Burn out like stars
A Chevrolet train that rolls in the night
I must have had a hundred nightmares
Of you falling asleep at the wheel
I send my prayers
Where are you now?
I am still here and going nowhere
Here is a photo of our first baby
Here is a photo of our wedding day
Nothing has changed
My love’s still the same
I am still here and here I remain
When you come back we’ll have a party
We’ll hang up the christmas lights
You’ll be my bride
And I’ll be your groom
I love you so much please make it home soon
Your mother said that you called this morning
“Tell him I love him, but I am not returning”
“When you come back we’ll have a party
We’ll hang up the christmas lights
You’ll be my bride
And I’ll be your groom
I love you so much please make it home soon”
-Damien Jurado, (I am still here)
Coffeeshop Cataclysm
by Isaac Marion
I meet a girl somewhere, and have a sudden vision of my future with her.
After a brief and basically unnecessary courtship, we will marry without the slightest doubts in our heads. We will embark upon an epic honeymoon that spans the globe, from France to Rome to India to Egypt to Japan. Our love will be an inspiration to all the native cultures we encounter. Small wars will end. Ancient bitter disputes will be resolved in tearful handshakes. Long-held racial prejudices will dissolve under the glow of our beautiful, beautiful love.
We will buy a small house in northern Bellingham with high ceilings and a deck on the second floor. We’ll both work for a few years until we have our first child, a boy, followed by another boy and two girls in the next few years. Soon our house will be full of the noise and laughter of our beautiful little family. Neighbors will gaze enviously at our house from across the street. Elderly couples walking on the sidewalk in the sun will pause and shake their heads with wistful smiles on their wrinkled faces. Everyone who knows us won’t be able to stop talking about how perfect we are for each other and what an inspiration our family is to the world.
More wars will end. Evil foreign dictators will give teary resignation speeches and hand over their countries to benevolent democratic governments, who will proceed to end world hunger.
I Am Still Here
Damien Jurado
I stood alone there in the driveway
Till I saw your headlights fade
And disappear
Burn out like stars
A Chevrolet train that rolls in the night
I must have had a hundred nightmares
Of you falling asleep at the wheel
I send my prayers
Where are you now?
I am still here and going nowhere
Here is a photo of our first baby
Here is a photo of our wedding day
Nothing has changed
My love’s still the same
I am still here and here I remain
When you come back we’ll have a party
We’ll hang up the christmas lights
You’ll be my bride
And I’ll be your groom
I love you so much please make it home soon
Your mother said that you called this morning
“Tell him I love him, but I am not returning”
