Salsa with a stranger
Tuesday, September 5, 2006 10:54
Couples floated across the dance floor, flowing over each other.
Someone said, “Up close with a stranger. You sure?”
She said, “I want to learn.” He smiled.
They were the last couple on the floor. Melting into each other. Then the music stopped. She walked off the floor, leaving him standing.
The lesson was over.
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Sudipta Chatterjee
says:
September 6th, 2006 at 12:58 am
Great! The idea-smithy is never short of these ideas, eh?
But I guess the someone who asked the question first and the stranger were not the same people. Or did I get it entirely wrong?
ideasmith
says:
September 7th, 2006 at 4:14 am
Sudipta: Thank you! I hope this blog continues to live up to that image.
‘Someone’ represents the conflict she faces in her own head, which is resolved at the end of the story.
infinity
says:
September 7th, 2006 at 10:01 am
dances in summers…chance meetings…snippets of conversation…charming!
{illyria}
says:
September 9th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
gorgeous and melancholy. why would she walk away, i wonder?
~the girl FKA transience
ideasmith
says:
September 9th, 2006 at 3:02 pm
Illyria: Yipppeee…you’re back! I was checking my mailbox frantically for the promised mail but there wasn’t any! Unfortunately I still can’t access your link.
Gaurav Mishra
says:
September 10th, 2006 at 3:42 am
Salsa with strangers is ripe with possibilities…
{illyria}
says:
September 17th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
eeeekkk! none at all? it wasn’t caught by spam, by some chance?
{illyria}
says:
September 17th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
okay, i emailed you again.
IdeaSmith
says:
September 18th, 2006 at 7:29 am
@ Illyria: Got the mail. Will check it out…thanks a mil!