A Story About a Man Who Talked so Long He Froze
I don’t ever remember writing this
It's approximately 7 A.M, when I realize I am in a house, in the middle of nowhere, standing in the most enormous amount of snow I've ever seen in my life. Thinking about how wonderful everything looks with its beautiful blanket of fluff falling so elegantly. How did I get in this position, you may ask? Simple really, I climbed out of my bed, the sheets were freshly washed, smelled of lavender and felt as if I had just taken them out of the dryer. Anyway, yes I climbed out of my ever so lovely bed, and scrambled through my very messy closet. I have yet to organize the bins of clothes I have. I grabbed a grey and white striped long sleeve, black cargo pants, and a big jacket that had “VANCOUVER'' stitched on it. I have never visited Vancouver, however I like to give off the impression that I travel so when people ask “You ever been? How was it?” I have the pleasure of going on this tangent all about the place, spewing stories out as if I had actually been there and we'll laugh and laugh. And they'll ask questions feeding into my seemingly outrageous stories and I'll answer back thinking about how I got to actually speak to another face today. Consider me a mad man if you may. Oh god I'm rambling aren't I? Forgive me, I tend to get excited when I get visitors out here, see I've been alone up here for so many years, So many thoughts enter my mind that I feel I must share, but no one to share them with. So they sit in my mind untouched, much like the blue cheese container in the fridge. I should probably throw that away now that i think about it, see i bought it with the thought “I love the color blue and cheese both very much, this just has to be the most outstanding creation ever to be made, i must try it at once”! Well to my surprise it was actually absolutely & utterly disgusting. Never base a decision solely on the love you have for a single color, and the love you have for a food item because I bet you it will taste like that blue cheese. Left me blue that's for sure. Have you ever listened to the blues? No? Well there was this one song I remember listening to, a while back. What was it called….stacy.. No that's not it...states..oh yes! Statesboro Blues! Oh man I remember hearing that song for the first time and how I was dancing out of my toes! My wife almost had to tie me to the chair, I was movin so wildly! Oh, she was so beautiful that night. She loved that song as well, knew all the words, and she had the most breathtaking singing voice,when she sang it all just flowed so wonderfully. I wanted to hear the lovely noise for the rest of my life. Where is she? Oh, she passed away almost 3 months ago. Her heart stopped. Don't know why, doctors said she was so unbelievably healthy, that it was a mystery as to how it happened. Oh she sure was lovely though. Beautiful curly brown hair, her eyes were captivating and large, when she made eye contact with you it felt as if you had just been pulled into an endless emerald sea. Had the most intelligent mind I've ever known. Woman knew everything about everything. You know we're made of stardust? Ya we are! Weird to think about huh? Us, our bodies, are made out of what I consider the most extraordinary pieces of the universe. I can never wrap my head around it, I mean here I am, a formation of star specks, on a planet, that somehow was habitable for humans, in a galaxy, but the galaxy is in a universe, and the universe is where? God knows where! All I know is that I am here. On my porch talking to…. Oh… well no one I suppose. Have I created a friend? Well, it appears I have been rambling for so long out here talking to an imaginary friend whom I have no idea what their name is, how rude. Do I even know my name? I can't recall actually. I can't seem to feel my fingertips. Can you? Huh this is odd. I don't think I can even feel bones at this moment. What an incredible feeling. I am here, alive, yet I can't feel a single thing in my body. As if I am in a block of ice. Am i? Is it possible I've been rambling so long I have turned myself into an ice cube? Are you an ice cube too? Good heavens have I frozen you as well? Well now I have a friend. Brilliant. Do you think we will ever thaw? Spring does begin in 2 months. We have a while my friend, well while we're on the topic spring, have you ever had a spring roll?