An Affair of Summer

by THX 0477

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Nights are warm, and the days are young. This is summer, a time of freedom and self-renewal, at least for those of us who remember what it was like to be a child, freed from all care and worry by the end of a school year.
I look at you, but my eyes follow the dancing lights hovering above the back lawn, fireflies looking for love. Have we found love, I ask myself. Your stare is equally removed from me, looking somewhere off in the distance.
“You’re so self-satisfied. I don’t need you,” you say, showing almost no emotion, “I’ve got to break…” But you stop. You’ve answered my question at least. I thought I’d found love, but I’d only found another failure. You stand and walk around the house. Eyes already blurred with tears I follow, though I don’t try to stop you.
You climb into your Skylark without looking at me. After a moment in which I dream a thousand dreams you start the car, and I hear the radio through the open window, ”...and it’s all an affair of my life with the heroes and villains.”

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. An Affair of Summer

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted about 1 year ago

    The lyrics used are, in order, from ‘Golden Years’ by David Bowie to start the piece. Then her comment is from ‘I Want to Break Free’ by Queen. And then we hear a snippet from ‘Heroes and Villains’ by The Beach Boys from the car radio.

  2. An Affair of Summer

    Batak Beatrix's Buddy Icon Batak Beatrix

    Posted about 1 year ago

    David Bowie=Love

  3. An Affair of Summer

    Saint Chuck's Buddy Icon Saint Chuck

    Posted about 1 year ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Nice work. I love how everyone’s songs here are completely different.

  4. An Affair of Summer

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 11 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Yous chose good songs

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