Madness and Women
Stories
Poetry
moon river
he never told anyone he actually was a cat.
his favorite cat movie was “breakfast at tiffany’s.”
the name of the actress in it was audrey hepburn.
the ending of the movie seems sad at first since she abandons her cat in an alley and drives away.
it begins to rain and storm and she returns to rescue it.
she finds it wet and scared and hiding inside a cardboard box.
the movie’s theme song called "moon river" plays while she cries and hugs it.
he never told anyone he actually watched that ending at least a thousand times.
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the forecast for that particular morning called for heavy rain.
he'd become upset and irrational when he got wet since everyone knows a cat hates the water.
while riding on the bus he ignored the storm clouds.
he intended to get off at her stop and finally talk to her.
today was the day that he sensed love was in the air.
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he arrived at her stop and she wasn’t there.
a clap of thunder snapped his composure and he panicked.
it started to pour and he became soaked immediately.
he forgot to take his phone with him.
he ran to the convenience store behind the bus stop but it was closed.
he tripped and fell in a large puddle.
he noticed a dumpster a few feet away and crawled into it.
he curled into a ball and placed his hands over his ears and screamed the "moon river" song.
someone pulled the dumpster lid back.
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as he looked up he hoped and prayed it was audrey.