Keep the Window Open for Me
“I told Danny as I choppedthe vegetables.
“You know; the ones where I wake up next to a stranger and ask myself what I’m doing with my life.” With another chop, I slid the vegetables across the cutting board. I had been coming to this place for years now—six, seven, maybe more. In all honesty, I’ve lost count. Maybe it’s because this place is like a second home to me after all this time.
“Maybe you shouldn’t bring strangers home with you,” he said idly, not even turning from his cooking ...to face me. That’s how he had always been; this man whose house this was. I laughed even though I knew he wasn’t joking. Jumping back on the counter to sit, I whipped a kitchen towel over my shoulder.
“So, Danny, is that your way of saying not to sleep with strangers anymore?” I laughed again. He would never say things like that. He was always so reserved no matter the circumstance. That was my good old Danny boy.MoreLess
“You know; the ones where I wake up next to a stranger and ask myself what I’m doing with my life.” With another chop, I slid the vegetables across the cutting board. I had been coming to this place for years now—six, seven, maybe more. In all honesty, I’ve lost count. Maybe it’s because this place is like a second home to me after all this time.
“Maybe you shouldn’t bring strangers home with you,” he said idly, not even turning from his cooking ...to face me. That’s how he had always been; this man whose house this was. I laughed even though I knew he wasn’t joking. Jumping back on the counter to sit, I whipped a kitchen towel over my shoulder.
“So, Danny, is that your way of saying not to sleep with strangers anymore?” I laughed again. He would never say things like that. He was always so reserved no matter the circumstance. That was my good old Danny boy.MoreLess
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