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Samson's Cape
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Samson's Cape |
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CudMonk Junior Member
since 2007-11-28
Posts 21 |
"Samson’s Cape" Samson hated everything bright-colored. Circus noises. Stand-up comedy. Drunken couples hugging in the street. Men who speak like drums. Women who wear peacock feathers. Opera music. A child walking up and down an alley, banging on a trashcan lid. Subways fornicating with the city. The heavy bass of a teenage rebel. Pop-corn bags. Christmas cards. Those plastic animals that sing on K-Mart shelves. Sirens. Ed McMahon commercials. He hated all of them and their audacity to shine. There was a time when he himself had tried to ape the stars. He was six years old. An orange towel around his neck, a cape that he had used to fly to Africa, to Jupiter, to his minister’s house to watch his wife and daughter changing through their windows. During one especially dangerous launch, Samson fell from a tree and nearly died. His mother beat him with the handle of an oak umbrella. His father told him, “if you ever pull another stunt like that one…” And so, Samson forgot how to fly. He forgot how to radiate and how to pull the cool of summer clouds into his lungs. This is why people are enraged by mischievous smiles. They’ve all fallen from trees, and nearly died, and been told that reaching towards the sky is pompous. They’ve all left their own tomfoolery in some back yard with rusted toys and dirty capes, calling out, “Don’t leave me.” -Adam |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
An absolutely delightful, original read "He forgot how to radiate and how to pull the cool of summer clouds into his lungs." |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
quote: Great write and with a big lesson included! May we always reach for the stars! Love, Margherita  |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Enjoyed...James |
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