Run To Aftermath
Run To Aftermath
Things To Dream In Denver When You’re Alive
September 3, 2019
The Weirdoes
He is trying to fall asleep and so he thinks comforting thoughts. Girls, maps, Pop-tarts, animals, stars and Zippo lighters.
They all make him feel snug, but he cannot doze off.
So he considers death and what comes after and the smell of dirt, then the cool of the wind as he is carried through the clouds and into Heaven. Once there, the angels and the phantoms say he doesn't get Heaven's full embrace just yet.
He gets a backup. He thinks that Heaven's second string would have him playing halfback for the Denver Broncos and being married to the stunning young women with the nerd glasses he saw on the train from the airport a few weeks prior.
He thinks of this and then he falls asleep and his musings become his dream. He carries the football and scores touchdowns in the mud, the rain, the snow and the Broncos always win. Every day they play and every day they win and after every game he goes home to that sensational woman and they make love and talk about the game and they see Denver's snow laden night.
It's a nice Heaven but it's a backup Heaven because he's not a Broncos fan and doesn't even know the girl.
Every day, again and again, he leads the Broncos to triumphs and makes love to Miss America at night.
It's almost Heaven. And it's more than he deserves. At what point does it become hell?
He takes the handoff and dives through the pounding snow and Denver cheers, roars as the defenders grab and chase and they all run, run, run....--TK
Tuesday, September 3, 2019