Tueday Tales....Make the Call
Ahoy Fellow Fathomers! It's time for Tuesday Tales.
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“You’ve
never danced before?” Lesley swayed in time with the music, her arms looped around
my neck. “You’re very good.”
“I do
some of my best thinking when I shift from side to side, you know, standing in
a thinking man’s pose. I’ve done it for almost as long as I can remember.”
Growing up, I stared at puzzles and equations for so long, sitting made my butt
sore. Somehow staying mobile helped me process better.
“In your
own charming way, you made even that sound romantic.”
“I shift
my weight without picking up my feet much, so, I haven’t really stepped on your
cute toes.”
“Did you
call my toes cute?”
“I
certainly did, although I’d hoped to keep such thoughts to myself.” I could
probably count on two hands the number of times I’d said the word cute
in my lifetime.
“You’re
so handsome, I’m lucky to be your date tonight.”
“If
you’re lucky, I’m absolutely fortunate, because there isn’t a girl here who
holds a candle to you.”
“I just
call you mine.” Shrugging her shoulders, the words fell from her lips like a
rouge skydiver.
“I’ll
consider that sweet, even though most of these girls are way too young for
you.” She laughed the small Tinkerbell sound of delight becoming so comforting
in my awareness.
“I didn’t
mean here in this gymnasium, I meant here in this world.” I wasn’t
exaggerating.
Lesley’s
eyes opened wider, not letting the light in, but, sending her brightness out to
me. When I spoke the truth about her unique brilliance, she replied in the most
genuine of ways, by reacting. No one could fake what many consider to be a knee
jerk. Reacting had gotten a bad rap in recent years by fad psychiatrists.
“I’ve
never heard you adoring or flattering before.”
“I prefer
to think of my words as anything else I put out into the world- my truth.”
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