Lady Sings the Blues (653 hits)
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Submitted by ruthless (View user info) at 2005-09-27 13:38:20 EDT
Sitting at my desk at work with nothing much to do, I close my eyes and begin to experience the world from behind my eyelids.
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Billie Holiday glides over to me and takes my hand, leading me into a smoky, intimate club, with the feel of friendship all around. I sit at a small table with a group of relaxed men, and order a whiskey, neat. I sip it as Billie walks onto the stage and begins to sing. I light a cigarette and watch the smoke swirl through the room, seeming to languidly keep time with her sensual voice as she caresses each note.
A gentleman walks up and inquires, would I like to dance? I answer yes, and he proffers a hand, with which he draws me up from my chair and glides me around the room. His hand is light as a feather on the small of my back, and his feet move with the grace of a cat.
Back in my chair, I simply sit and let the beauty of the music and the atmosphere wash over me, bathing me in contentment and laziness. I never want to leave....
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As my phone begins to ring insistently, I reach over and switch off my CD player with a heavy sigh. Back to the real world.
User Reviews
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-01-11 18:37:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by minimumdino (user info) at 2006-01-11 15:17:07 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
You should close your dick in a drawer
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2005-10-11 13:46:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I know, it is a bit thin... and honestly, I didn't take it any further becuase I don't know enough about the music or the time period to make it anything but general... I'd have to research a bit... maybe I will do that and rewrite this.
Submitted by A-Daamage (user info) at 2005-10-10 16:14:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Midday reveries are nice, but this was a bit too thin, in my opinion. Flesh it out; make it stand and walk on its own. Make it something with hooks to pierce the reader and draw them in whether they want to or not.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2005-10-05 18:27:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
In a weird, masochistic kind of way, this post and the one linked below are similar.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/76435
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2005-10-05 18:22:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This was pretty bosh
I actually read it some time ago, but am only reviewing it now.
Dunno why I didn't rate the first time, I liked it both times I read it.
Submitted by DanielH (user info) at 2005-10-05 18:16:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I adore Billie, especially "Stormy Weather," "Strange Fruit" "Stars Fell on Alabama"- our car tags have have that title-now-motto on them. I was just reading your last post, and clicked to see your others and found this. I've got to listen to her now. This post evokes many good memories. ++
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2005-09-27 14:43:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
*sigh*
Submitted by rayrayshanaynay (user info) at 2005-09-27 14:02:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I love Billie Holiday. Sounds like a wonderful place to go.
I drifted toward Compton yesterday while at my desk. Lovely.
Submitted by mockidol (user info) at 2005-09-27 13:50:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
"darlin'"
oh, so sweet.
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2005-09-27 13:46:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Oh yeah.
I am seriously bored.
Submitted by mockidol (user info) at 2005-09-27 13:45:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
deja vu all over again.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-09-27 13:42:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Love Billie Holiday.
Nice post.
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2005-09-27 13:40:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I love me some Billie Holiday.