[at-l] Just as it was

[charles at uswnet.com (Charles Copeland)]

I miss the "Ministry of Funny Walks".  It was always the first thing I read 
when the AT News came in!


Charles



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Felix" <AThiker@smithville.net>
To: "at-list" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:44 PM
Subject: [at-l] Just as it was


> There was no one in the park today. No one. The wind barely blew the 
> swings. The grass just laid there, dying in the sun. The air was so heavy 
> and wet that I saw things in blurs. Nothing, nothing, felt right. I 
> imagined the guys playing basketball. Their shoes squeeking as they ran. 
> Occasionally the rim would rattle as a missed shot ricocheted this way or 
> that. Hands in the air wanting passes their way. As I imagined on, the 
> merry-go-round, rusty at its pivot, moaned as a little girl made it spin. 
> Her hair, the color of clear straw, reflected the sun as a slight breeze 
> tossed it across her face. She brushed it aside as she looked at me. Her 
> eyes were blue, piercing blue, and they stared at me, and through me. A 
> boy yelled her name as he slid down a slide. She ignored him so she could 
> continued staring at me. The boy yelled again, calling her name. And, 
> again. There were no other sounds but the boy yelling and the 
> merry-go-round spinning.  There was no one in the park today.
> -- 
> Felix J. McGillicuddy
> ME-->GA '98
> "Your Move"
> ALT '03 KT '03
> http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/
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