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By the Bus Stop
I fainted when I stepped off the bus
at 16 years of age. My boyfriend, Ray, showed
up at the corner in Woodhaven, all the way from
Bayridge, in the middle of the day. We were so taken with each other.
But, I chose to enter the convent, and we continued in chastity
to be friends of families and the social circle. Later we met again,
and he advised me on my relationships with men.
Now he appears nightly in my dreams, at 79 years of age.
Imagination endures.
The Speaker
by Louis Jenkins
The speaker points out that we don’t really have much of
a grasp of things, not only the big things, the important
questions, but the small everyday things. “How many steps
up to your front door? What kind of tree grows in your
backyard? What is the name of your district representative?
What is your wife’s shoe size? Can you tell me the color of
your sweetheart’s eyes? Do you remember where you parked
the car?” The evidence is overwhelming. Most of us never
truly experience life. “We drift through life in a daydream,
missing the true richness and joy that life has to offer.” When
the speaker has finished we gather around to sing a few
inspirational songs. You and I stand at the back of the group
and hum along since we have forgotten most of the words.
Louis Jenkins, “The Speaker” from Just Above Water. Copyright © 1997 by Louis Jenkins. Used by permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf Holy Cow! Press, http://www.holycowpress.org.
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