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There is a red dot
on the upper-left image
of a swimming pool
It marks the place where
I witnessed
smiling
with a transcendence
unavailable to mere mortals
and her humble servant (me)
I was
standing poolside
at that moment
We talked
for five minutes
Actually,
she did all the talking
and the listening post
heard the most gorgeous
"I love life" stream of words
but I can't remember
a single sentence
All I remember is
a neon-glowing smile
During a three month
1981 residence at
I swam
AT LEAST 1000 laps
in that pool
where I could
usually be found
at midnight
when the sculpted
body of water
was exclusively
mine
But during
daylight hours.
meaningful, philosophical
poolside discussions
were a dime-a-dozen
Most of mine
were with someone
I will call
XYZ
***
Fast forward
forty-three years
and you arrive at
the month of
April
—2024—
when I received
an F-Book post
from XYZ
But it contained
—almost verbatim—
one of our "discussions"
with him writing like
a kiss-my-ring
monologist
That email
inspired me to delete
every F-book post
since that day
including ones from people
whose ring
I was willing
to kiss
I do this
because in 1981,
my best friend
at Oakwood
[another New York expatriate]
was having a torrid
sexual affair
with the wife of XYZ
while he was poolside
with yours truly
***
I will neither
copyright nor sign
this page
because
I truly believe
this "problem"
could have written about
by at least 100
people
with an equal measure
of truth
The only adjustment to fact
I presented here
was the name
XYZ
Whille the F-book people
spray or spew
their words
and ideas
on a screen
in their home,
their partners
or spouses
are sharing
their bodies
elsewhere
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Maybe there is truth to the rumor
ReplyDeletethat Facebook was created by the IAA:
the International Association of Adulterers.
Olivero is more than willing to spread that rumor
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