I Stop Somewhere Waiting For You.mp3 Hello! Welcome once again to another audio! Here’s the set up for the little sci-fi monologue/story I ended up writing/improv-ing today:

So… The Rapture happened. As in... Earth’s population up and dwindled in an instant. For no apparent reason. Just like that. Some assume they maybe went somewhere good. Some aren't sure. Those remaining have been pretty much ignominiously trashing the proverbial house with abandon ever since.

But our narrator feels like he’s missed out. He got left behind. Perhaps undeservedly so. He’s been wandering the countryside now for 4 years, alone. He resents all those who are left around him, and misses everyone who’s gone. Most of all… he misses his two lovers.

He misses their touch. He misses seeing the beauty of everyday strangers. The intimacy of it all. So, to pay his respects, he’s hiked up to his favorite spot -- a clearing in the wilderness where he’s made a little shrine to remember who he lost. And it’s here where he begins to think aloud. Reminiscing, hurting, longing, and lovingly (steamily?) describing every inch of the people and scents and caresses that he took for granted before it all vanished. But in the midst of it all, there’s signs that maybe his lovers aren’t that far away after all. Maybe there is hope yet...?💚

(BONUS: If anybody is interested, I highly recommend the lovely little song that inspired this audio: “Kansas” by Orville Peck. If you feel like getting a tonal outro after you hear the story here, this song is a perfect fit. Bittersweet and beautiful. Here's a link to the tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbml8g3iaDQ 😊)

(MORE BONUS: Also yes, the title of this audio is a line from a Walt Whitman poem. Yes, it’s corny. Sue me😆)