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A Rough Draft of Shawn’s Imaginary Love Life by Shawn Randall
Category: Writing and Poetry

A Rough Draft of Shawn’s Imaginary Love Life

SCENE 1: THE BEGINNING

In the city that never sleeps
everyone dreams
Time flashing square in our
faces in a broad way.
In Forty seconds,
streets swept by
a million soles
pounding the pavement
a drum roll of beating hearts marching.

The first time I saw her.

She was getting hailed with
compliments by men
who confused her for a yellow cab.
Some even grabbing her arm
and trying to jump in a backseat conversation.

DIALOGUE

No I’m not going to Brooklyn
and you can not talk to me for a second.

Insert broken relationship SCENES 2 through 25

CUT TO:
SCENE 26

SUBTITLE: Stars Left Lovers Cross

You paraded into my bedroom
with an entourage of kisses to
undo the forget me knots in my stomach

your academy award-winning timid hello
convinced me for a moment that you were the victim.

Remember?

The envelope please.

The emotionless goodbye note you left
on the shattered windshield of my breath
that yanked the red carpet dreams of us sharing a royal life together.

Queen Boomerang has returned.
But you can park your Hollywood dreams
of a starring role in my arms
in the potholes you left in my heart.

I’ve
unpacked all the bags under my eyes
and discarded all the sleepless nights of wondering
why I wasn’t good enough.

I can’t do this anymore.

I no longer date tornadoes.
My feet remain underground
no longer get swept into the air.
The last time you touched down
my hopes were flooded
and my focus was evacuated.

I had to rebuild.
I took the stars out of my eyes
and put them in my back pocket so I can
see clearly.

Remove my number from revolving door of your digital rolodex.
Cause for you it’s out of order.

EXTERIOR

Beeping horn crescendos
outside my window
She tropical storms out my front
door.

THE END?

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