It Happens Like This Monologue

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It was Inevitable
Inspired by “It Happens Like This” James Tate
A gentle rain fell over the small town. Birds that were once loud became silenced and the children that played outside ran in to dry. The trees swayed in the harsh breeze and the raindrops came pelting against my windows. My hand rises to the cool pane, the glass a welcoming feel to my sore hands. I’ve been in the field nearly all day. My hands were bleeding from the tall stalks that cut at my body. The soles of my feet were blistered and cracked and ached with each step. My hair is unclean and un-kept, making it seem as if I were someone else. My face was burned from the bright sun. I’m not allowed to wear anything to protect my face. My work pants were ripped and nearly …show more content…
He strokes lightly, and oh it’s a good tremble. He strokes again and I fold in like a plushy cat, and in seconds, I’m fully his. I’m in love with this beautiful soul and my slender hips sway off-beat with his classical tune. My arms move with my body, stiff; I don’t like dancing, but I do it for him. He rises to meet me, feet sliding in harmony, body coming up to meet mine, smiling. It turns into a battle of wills, where he’s celestial and I’m diabolical. He drinks in my shivers, and with his tarnished lips, we both keep at it. His indigo irises know my chestnut orbs, so he must know he’s pushing the right buttons that make me work, and I know I won’t stop him.
I don’t want him to stop. This is my fool’s paradise, and we’re each other’s pipe dream. I’m in love with a beautiful soul, and I've figured out all the ways to tell him so without ever opening my mouth. The clock ticks by easy and my eyes keep leaping from checking it and checking him, marveling how time often suspends when he holds my face between his warmed hands to say nothing.
The silent rasp of his lips on mine is …show more content…
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