Comments on 'The Man Behind The Window'There is a man living in the flat in the building across from mine. I can hear him singing at most every hour. He keeps his windows open, letting the music flutter out across the alley into mine. It hangs over me in an invisible aroma, and I breathe it in.
As I lean out my bathroom window, taking slow drags from my cigarette that i let dangle precariously from my fingers, I listen. He pounds away ever so lightly on his piano, spilling out enchanting and hypnotic delicacies for me to sample.
I've never seen him, just a shadow moving about restlessly in and out from the window's frame. I wonder who he is, what his name is, or if he likes to smoke out of his window as well. I believe he is French, for he's always spouting out his lyrics in the charismatic, soothing language with such diligence and proficiency.
I sometimes will sit in the tub, under a mountain of shimmery bubbles, watching the prisms they create, while I listen to that beautiful sound floating through my window.2008-05-19T17:29:25Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/20366Comment on The Man Behind The Window<p>This is very good. It reminds me of a song by an Afrikaans South African artist that has been covered by almost every other Afrikaans artist, called “Lisa’s piano”, and deals with the same issue – hearing music tinkling out and being entranced by it.</p>
<p>I agree with the other commentators, the imagery is just beautiful</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20366?basename=633552008-05-19T17:29:25ZRidcully Calverthttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_joonComment on The Man Behind The Window<p>thank you</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20366?basename=393372008-02-07T22:21:51ZNouvelle Bardothttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_bardotComment on The Man Behind The Window<p>Absolutely loved it.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20366?basename=393222008-02-07T21:29:27Z[pens&feathers]http://ficlets.com/authors/rhapsodyyinbluComment on The Man Behind The Window<p>Wow, fantastic descriptions and imagery throughout the whole piece. Loved it; I was almost jealous that I wasn’t there to hear the music.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20366?basename=393212008-02-07T21:22:12ZStovohobohttp://ficlets.com/authors/stovohoboComment on The Man Behind The Window<p>Neat story, very evocative of languid afternoons in an urban setting, just lolling about, listening to the lives of the neighbors. Great feel to the whole thing.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20366?basename=393002008-02-07T18:03:27ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on The Man Behind The Window<p>You got <em>that</em> out of the picture?<br />1337.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20366?basename=392592008-02-07T13:58:33ZWhite Hathttp://ficlets.com/authors/whitehatComment on The Man Behind The Window<p>freakin awesome story.. such vivid imagery.. very exquisite picture painted by your artfully chosen words.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20366?basename=392492008-02-07T08:18:30ZApostrophe http://ficlets.com/authors/murphyrose27