Many thanks to Bjorn for tonight’s dVerse prosery prompt. I have not read the poem that Carol Ann Duffy’s phrase, It is a moon wrapped in brown paper, comes from, but will after I post.
Lasso the Moon
Senior year, days before Christmas, we sit beneath a buffalo plaid blanket watching “It’s a Wonderful Life.” You utter James Stewart’s line about lassoing the moon. I grin, repeat Donna Reed’s: “I’ll take it.”
We kiss at New Year’s, pledge stronger-than-steel love.
Come October, we discover steel’s vulnerability. Three hundred miles away from me, you fall in love with an LA blonde while I pretend absence hasn’t made my heart grow fonder.
Twenty years stampede on, leaving dusty memories in their wake.
You appear, an angular, more sophisticated version of my high school sweetheart.
“Back for the reunion,” you say.
We sip g&t’s, chat. Years seem to slip away. We still geek out, laugh at stupid things. I catch your questioning gaze.
“In case it’s not too late,” you say, sliding a package across the table. It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
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Sascha Darlington
Awww–I can imagine this. A perfect Valentine’s story.
Thank you so much, Merril! 🙂
You’re very welcome! 😊
avery sweet romantic one, beautifully written Sascha!
Thank you so much, Kate! 🙂
pleasure!
Hello Good words as well
Time and the moon, growing old together.
Your comment sounds like a haiku. 🙂 Thank you so much.
Smiles. 🌿
Love like that may get dusty, but it never fades. I wish them well <3
Thank you, Lisa! 🙂
You’re so welcome. I loved your story.
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me to as well
What a powerful story, full of emotion….I really feel for her though…. some really good lines there, beautifully told.
Much thanks, Ain! 🙂
Love this piece snd I love this pic my friend! 🙂
Thank you so much, Rob! 🙂
Hello
I love the two tensions, the gap years and yearning, and the ending yet inconclusive.
Thank you so much, Paul! 🙂
Enjoyed that so much.
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You pack so much detail into 144 words. A terrific flash.
Thank you so much, K. 🙂
Hello
Don’t fall for it!
lol Thanks, Jane! 😀
Chills all over, literally. Something very similar to your post happened to me, years ago! Love your Prosery.
I hope whatever it was was something wonderful for you. Many thanks, Helen.
I imagined there would be an end, but all of the sudden it opened up to whole new beginning.
Must have been a blue moon. Many thanks, Bjorn. 🙂
Awww. That was perfectly told. And what Bjorn said; a new beginning.
Thanks for reading, D.! 🙂
An emotional sentment in the story!How awesome!
Thanks so much, Jorine! 🙂
What a fascinating V-day story. I love this. Well written 👏
Thank you so much. 🙂
Welcome so much, Sascha.
This is such a beautiful, beautiful prose piece! 💝💝
really good story
Thank you. 🙂
Thank you so much. 🙂