Friday, May 4, 2012

CHILDHOOD ROMANCE

HELLO....THIS IS BOB (MY PROBLEM)  I WRITE IN CAPS DUE TO POOR VISION.  IN A WAY,AND LOOKING BACK, I THINK THAT CHILDHOOD ROMANCES HAVE AN INTENSITY AND A CERTAIN FLAVOR THAT SURPASSES ANY ADULT EXPERIENCE. THE FIRST FLUSH OF 'LIKING A CERTAIN PERSON"  IT IS FLUSHED WITH THE MYSTERY OF A NEW AWAKENING.  THERE IS EXTREME UN-CERTAINTY AS HOW TO DEVELOPE AND PROCEED WITH THIS NEW DESIRE.  I HAD INTENSE FEELING TOWARDS TWIN GIRLS IN MY GRADE SCHOOL CLASSES.  ARLEENE AND ADRIENNE.  THEY WERE EXACT COPIES OF EACH OTHER, AND TO 'LOVE' ONE WAS TO LOVE THE OTHER.  THEY NEVER KNEW I LIKED THEM ALLOT. I WAS SIMPLY AFRAID TO SAY ANYTHING.  I WAS BLESSED WITH HAVING AN EXTERIOR DOOR TO MY BEDROOM.  THIS MEANT THAN WHEN MOM AND DAD WENT TO BED AND...AND HAD FALLEN ASLEEP, I WAS FREE TO DRESS AND EXIT THE HOUSE AND HEAD FOR MY BICYCLE.  I  CALLED THEM SECRET MISSIONS.  BACK THEN, GLENOAKS WAS DESTITUTE OF ANY AUTOMOBILES FROM MID-NIGHT ON.  IT WAS SO QUIET...ONLY A CRICKET NOW AND THEN.  I RODE UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS TO 525 SPENCER WHERE THE TWINS WERE.  I PARKED MY BIKE ACROSS STREET AND JUST GAZED AT THAT HOUSE....BIG GABLES AND VERY COMPACT.  THE TWINS WERE ASLEEP AND HAD NO IDEA THAT I WAS SO IN LOVE WITH THEM.  THEY DID NOT KNOW I WAS WATCHING OVER THEM.  MARILYN OTTO AND TAMARA O'KEEFE ALSO LIVED ON THAT BLOCK, AND I LOVED THEM TOO, BUT I LOVED THE TWINS MORE.  I LOVED RIDING DOWN THE DARK ALLEY BEHIND THE UNITS ALONG GLENOAKS.  MANY SHADOWS AND FINGERS OF DIM LIGHT.  ON FOGGY NIGHTS, THE POWER LINES CRACKLED.  I HAD A LITTLE FRIEND WHO LIVED IN A WINDOW ON SECOND FLOOR OF APT ON NW CORNER OF NORTON AND GLENOAKS.  I WENT UP TO SEE HIM SOMETIMES.  HE WAS A LITTLE GREEN GLASS MAN NAMED WIZARD WICK, AND HIS LITTLE HAT WAS AJAR TO ALLOW THE AROMA OF HIS PERSON TO FRESHEN THE AIR.  FEELINGS CAN BE VERY STRONG IN CHILDREN....WE WERE NOT COATED OVER WITH THE CALLOUS OF FAMILIARTY..EVERY THING NEW, MYSTERIOUS, AND SOMETIMES SCARY.  IT WAS PURE MAGIC, TO BE ABLE TO SEE THINGS AS IF A FAIRY HAD TOUCHED EVERY THING WITH SPARKLING LIGHT.....DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?    TELL ME.......BOB

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