Tuesday, November 13, 2007

missing hoodies

Watching from a distance you can see him as he gets comfortable.. in the corner five heads at his left carpeted wall at his right.. the head closest him keeps whispering something to him that makes him laugh.. not out loud but enough so where you can see his head shake and hear a faint chuckle... she tries to keep his attention with her jokes, her reactions, her head burying in the hoodie she asked to borrow from him... you can see him reacting to each thing she does with less enthusiasm each time.. he seems to wonder how he got there.. especially now.. especially tonight.. they watch the movie with great interest well him and the four others.. she sits there asking for attention as he pays it elsewhere.. his mind is racing.. he doesnt know whats right or wrong but this he knows is a little more than wrong.. she squeams and mentions how the blood and the bullet wounds look so real.. she tells him that he should stop playing with whatever hes playing with and pay attention. he tells her she would know if her head wasnt in a hoodie.. and again he wonders how he got there.. the movie goes on and as it goes on so do the memories: the voice thats haunted him, the smell thats plagued his nose, the feeling he hasnt felt in months... she leans in and says her co-workers are crazy and they should bounce to get ice cream.. he declines mumbling something about liking the movie.. she tells him a starbucks is across the street and she knows he likes starbucks in the winter.. at this point he stops.. he just stares and wonders how it ended up like this.. how they ended up here.. wasnt he supposed to be somewhere.. wasnt he supposed to be with someone.. she puts her head back in his hoodie to screen her eyes from the screen.. a man just shot a dog.. she tells him she loves her pitbull.. he makes a mental note not to walk her home.. as the movie goes on she has resorted to leaving her head in his hood something she seems to be good at.. that smell will be everywhere he thought.. she tells him it was clutch he had it... he thinks this is ironic being he felt underdressed.. he keeps his mind on what the day could bring rather than what has already transpired.. they finish the movie in silence there are few glances and even less whispers.. as they leave she says starbucks?.. he says no i have work.. they head in opposite directions.. until his phone rings.. one word.. hoodie?.. he tells her to keep it and hangs up.. as he does he wonders aloud how many is that now? as he sits on the train he reads a passage that would spark a thought..:
"the future you had today wont be the future you had yesterday"

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