To be strictly accurate, the moon rose over a conifer plantation
on the far side of the field – and I suppose I should have been sitting on a Greyhound
with a girlfriend asleep in the next seat – but it was still rather beautiful
and near enough to satisfy the aspiration.
* * *
I, too, had a girlfriend called Cathy once. She was sixteen and had a job, while I was a thirteen-year-old schoolboy. I wonder what she saw in me.
The fact that I was a bit precocious, I suppose.
A lot of moons have risen over a lot of fields since then,
and I’ve finally seen my first. And it’s comforting to think that my Cathy still
isn’t as old as Paul Simon…
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16 to your 13? Damn. I can hardly tolerate young men my own age, never mind younger ones.
Ah, but I was precocious... Ha ha.
You're not the only one I've heard say that. I've long thought that young women are generally way ahead of young men until about age 35. Maybe it's because women are often mothers by then, and have more important matters to occupy them.
You really are miffed today, aren't you?
I'm not sure why it is that we females seem to mature faster than males. It makes for frustration, at times.
I was. Better now though.
Maybe young men are programmed to give more prominence to the Id, in order to be ready to compete with the other stags. Young women, on the other hand, seem to access the Super Ego at an earlier stage in life. Maybe that's because motherhood requires the capacity for abstract thought and intuitive response. I'm guessing.
A very thoughtful guess. Sensical, to boot.
You know, I've never heard the word 'sensical' used in Britain, and yet we use 'nonsensical' commonly enough. That seems a bit irrational.
That's because I made that word up. ;] While I have a great deal of reverence for the rules that give our beautiful language shape, I also like to have a bit of nonsensical fun.
Me too, but I'm sure I've heard the word 'sensical' before, presumably by an American.
I knew somebody once whose language skills weren't out of the top drawer. He used the word 'nonsensical' a lot, only he pronounced it 'nomsical.' I also mentioned to him once that Mozart died in his thirties. 'Terrible, isn't it?' he said. 'And all those beautiful paintings he did...'
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