A Little Lotion Talk
by Carl Santoro
The topic of
discussion was
a dumb, hot orange.
We brought it
along to eat
on the beach.
We could not
decide about
eating it, though.
Then some
nearby voices
began to slither
into our
sand-filled ears.
They were
obviously having
some secret
beach affair.
He was short
and she
was tall.
Him skinny.
She skinny.
This is what
she said to him:
"Don't be so
cheesy on
the lotion,
George,' she
said as he
stood on his
10 pink ones
to reach her
shoulders.
"That's right,
dearie. Be
generous."
She was gazing
out - more
like speaking
to the nearby
beach umbrella.
"And so my
friend said," he
said while
looking far
to his right.
"he said, 'My
impression of
America is
that it has
the largest
variety of
ice cream flavors
in the world."
discussion was
a dumb, hot orange.
We brought it
along to eat
on the beach.
We could not
decide about
eating it, though.
Then some
nearby voices
began to slither
into our
sand-filled ears.
They were
obviously having
some secret
beach affair.
He was short
and she
was tall.
Him skinny.
She skinny.
This is what
she said to him:
"Don't be so
cheesy on
the lotion,
George,' she
said as he
stood on his
10 pink ones
to reach her
shoulders.
"That's right,
dearie. Be
generous."
She was gazing
out - more
like speaking
to the nearby
beach umbrella.
"And so my
friend said," he
said while
looking far
to his right.
"he said, 'My
impression of
America is
that it has
the largest
variety of
ice cream flavors
in the world."
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Well *that* was a strange trip...
;-)
(could see the whole thing)
Strange indeed. As Jorge says, visual. And that's good. *
This is cute fun and funny and very well written and deserves more attention....
;-)
Jeepers. This caught me off guard. Refreshingly off-kilter in just the right way.
"The topic of
discussion was
a dumb, hot orange."
That's a great opening. Who could not want to read on.
I'm with Sally on the first lines. Niiiiiiiice.
Thank you Hemrod, Jake, Sally and Steven for visiting and leaving comments.
Nothing beats a surprising real-life gem.
Just gotta be in the right place at the right time with a pencil in hand!