Tag: madcap

Madcap love
Submitted by Tony R. Rodriguez
E-mail: tonyrodriguez@hotmail.com

I’ll tell you of the mistakes he’ll make that aren’t really mistakes.
Henry scurries along a sidewalk of San Francisco, his feet chanting the festive beat of love. Complete love. True love. His smile is noticed by many who see the music in his steps—complete strangers who look at him in wonder or in disgust. Some think he’s mad, and in a sense he is truly. Henry notices colors on milk cartons on sale for seventy-five cents. He smiles as he passes two little girls holding hands with their mother, each pointing toward a pigeon eating crumbs of bread next to a bench at a bus stop. Lively advertisements in windows smack his cheeks. Cracks on the sidewalk slowly distort and signify her initials: the dot after each initial comes alive with a pulse just as he’s feeling. Think of the last time you’ve felt this way.