THE HIDDEN TRACK

The following passages are dedicated to Leopold, to the vernacular, to certain evil women (you know who you are), to certain wonderful people(they know who they are), to soft afternoons and quiet Sunday evenings, to Fall and seeing your breath for the first time since Spring, and to Isabelle Ya Feng ... a soul slipped by like two ships passing in the still, moonlit sea.
-- Abraham Ahmed, the Surfing Beatnik



A Delay Before Running Errands...

"Okay! I'm ready!"

"Wait, what the hell is that?"

"What?"

"Those James, what'er those?"

"Sunglasses??"

"Ya... what's going on there?"

"Aren't they incredible! I got'um from this guy outside of kmart for fifteen bucks! They're old school Oakleys!"

"They're hideous James... you look like 'Macho Man' Randy Savage!"

"No I don't! They're throwbacks!"

"No. It's not time... I mean, it's too recent James. You just can't rock mint green, wrap-around Oakleys now! They have mirrored lenses for christ'sakes!"

"I know! They're absolutely stunning! ...and $15 bucks? C'mon! You can't tell me that's not a deal! Huh? Carol? Huh? C'Mon!"

"'Outside of Kmart'? No! I maintain my position: it's too early you dork! I feel like you should have a perm and a fluorescent tank top to be able to wear those."

"It's comin'! Just wait! I'm bringin' back the whole look!"

"I'll divorce you."

"Nope. You'd rock some high-waist Bongo shorts and baggy halter top or something! We'd re-trend! Look, everyone had these glasses back-in-the-day. They're totally 'Guns n' Roses'!"

"Don't bring GNR into this! ...Axels' sacred, you know that! More to the point, you were like 10 when those ugly things were trendy."

"Exactly!! I didn't have a pair! ..... now I do! Can we go now? I wanna hurry and come back 'cause the guys are comin' over to look at these babies!"

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