Have you ever had someone say to you "What does YOUR world look like?" sarcastically when you say something that they think is ridiculous? Or something to that effect? Well, I had that said to me rather nippily recently, so I think I'm actually going to answer that question.
It looks something like this -
In my world colours are hyper-saturated, with darker tinted edges you can see out the corner of your eye. Every day is the first day of autumn and you can faintly smell burning tangerine skins on the air. Girls dress in polka dot dresses and turned up jeans with heart-shaped glasses, red lipstick, and scallop-edged aprons, and all the men have greaser quiffs and bowling shirts. The time of day is always the golden hour of twilight, just when the clouds go pink and your cocktail starts to look extra colourful. Stargazer lillies and orange roses are in abundance and Cheap Trick, Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, Lit and Everclear feature heavily on the soundtrack. Brightly coloured muscle cars with flames up the side hold drag races in the alleyways and couples giggle while cracking crab claws on the beach front. In this world I am the perfect size, with the perfect wardrobe, and the perfect teeth to go with my red lipstick and headscarf, with my husband on my arm in his bowling shirt and quiff, smiling at me in a way that makes my heart race as only he can.
I don't think my world is so bad, do you?
I want to come and live in your world Steph. I think I might sometimes already!
ReplyDeleteI like your world, can I live there too?
ReplyDeleteYou have certain key elements down pat luv! You look pretty darned fetching in polka dots ;D you can come live in my world any time!
ReplyDeleteI'm also moving into your world.
ReplyDeleteI trust there is plenty of booze that will not leave me with hangovers or weight gain, and I will have constant access to free porn and what-not? :P
Oh yes. Alcohol will be on tap 24/7, will be full of hangover-abating chemicals, and porn will be distributed like milk tokens!
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