we pretend we are from africa

[esthergreen]

i keep dreaming of summer and beaches and the feeling my skin gets after the salt from the sea dries but i can't stop smiling and squinting and wondering if my skin my will tear. we never cared when sand got in our sandwiches because we were so hungry from digging for crabs and trying to body surf and rating the waves in terms of gilligan's island

Comments

Neil

[anonymous]

I want to go to the beach now. NOW

Re: Neil

[esthergreen]

well then i guess i'll meet you there. see you in five minutes?

sorry

[esthergreen]

i didn't realize till just now how cruel of a joke that was.

Re: sorry

[anonymous]

yeah you fucker. FUCKER

[i_am_sharkface]

what would you call the one that pulled your bathing suit off?

the castaway

[esthergreen]

god, i dunno. don't ever expect me to be witty, sebby. you'll always be disappointed.

[theydontloveyou]

I wish I had memories like that.

Re:

[esthergreen]

you do. just imagine you have a photo album of the best time of your life, and flip to the picture of a closeup of your face when it had pink cheeks and sparkling eyes and the most genuine smile you've ever managed. then pretend you can zoom out of that closeup, and look at what's around you. chances are it's one of those kinds of memories.

that's what i did, anyway. i was wishing i had a picture to put in a picture frame that made me happy every time i looked at it. and then i wondered what would be in such a picture. now i can't stop thinking about it, but that's not a bad thing, i think.

[simpleanatomy]

did you ever pretend to be the little mermaid and swear that you could sing like her?

i miss the beach.

Re:

[esthergreen]

i was such a great singer when i was eight. i mean, i wasn't...but i really, really thought i was.