(See what I am saying?): words don't always do justice

September 18, 2003

words don't always do justice

I was lying down, spread out across the oriental rug that covered the oak floorboards. colleen was sitting beside me indian style. she was browsing through the shelves of cds along the wall, and playing songs on the stereo. Sam was lying on the couch staring at the ceiling, and their two cats wandered silently around the house like a movie crew, always staking out the best angle to watch us at a safe distance.

i was lying on my back, the lampshade cast blurry shadows on the ceiling like ripples from a stone thrown in a pond. The music floated through the house, and it reminded me of high school, cold volkswagen seats, and the smell of the floor wax that embalmed the hallways under my locker filled with broken ball point pens, unopened algebra books, and fake hall passes.

Sentiment and recollection leapfrogged through my memory, taking me places words don't follow. I admired the crown molding that surrounded the room. i was admiring the people that surrounded my life. The white molding circumvented the room and was smooth and curved like the shoulderblades and hips of horses carved in roman statues. Sam was talking about when he and colleen used to go dancing every night. The joints in the molding were cut diagonal, and the bow in the wood made the straight angle appear as a gentle curve, twisting dimension and perception. Colleen was reading the back cover to a Jesus and Mary Chain Cd.

Sam sat up on the couch.

"before you go. i want to show you something." he said.

"What is it?" i asked.

"You don't want me to say. It came to me in the mail. You'll just want to see it." he said as he went up the stair case.

he came trotting back down the stairs smiling, unfolded it, and handed it to me.

"sometimes you just need to see things to appreciate them." he said.

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