Saturday, February 19, 2011

And then...

Somewhere between the sparkling morning and the seriously WINDY afternoon....
FREEZING, COLD FEET set in...
LOL (both LITERALLY and FIGURATIVELY!)
I mean...
Was New Jersey REALLY the answer ???
Did leaving MANHATTAN mark the dawning of deliverance ???

DELIVER ME TO NEW JERSEY ???
REALLY ??

Somehow today the concept lacked that same,  rhapsodic momentum and assured STRUT...
which she'd assumed had become permanent fixtures in her psyche as well as her 'backside'
by now....
hmmm...
She did know one thing with absolute certainty..
MANHATTAN was SO OVER...
she'd have to sleep on it....

NO !!!
STOP !!!
What was she thinking ??
The new place was SPECTACULAR !!!
SPECTACULARLY INCREDIBLE !!!
Yup....
They were going, by GOD...
in a few short weeks...
MANHATTAN would never be the same without the likes of HER to kick around....
YEAH...

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