footsteps overhead
Come to terms with the living
conversation taking place, the taking place, the inhabitant living as
ghost, the fly on the wall, the sitting still, and the climbing the
ceiling. A sky for us all above our heads, another’s' floor.
Extrapolate that metaphor for half a second. The heavens as
floorboards, that overhead is now underfoot. Here is a safe
travelling bet, really appeals to the woman stuck in the passenger
seat on those long drive drying up in conversation. A romantic
distraction perhaps the man sitting beside her is somewhat like the
one she is reading about, perhaps the opposite and she hates the
character but enjoys hating because it makes her feel better to be
with the one she is with. There are many events and rocks on the path
that may teach us how to be happy with our lot.