eyePawed

The earbuds fit snugly in my ears. The plastic is hard and sometimes, if I wear them for too long. the cartiledge of my ear gets sore. The key is the snug fit, though. Because it shuts out the sounds of the rest of the world. Cars. People. The wind. Everything. The only thing that gets in is what you want in: your music (or your friends' if you share). And I DO feel like the commercials, like the best thing I could do right now is turn the tunes up loud and dance to a beat that no one else can hear. I imagine dancing in the park in the moonlight tonight. Wet grass soaking through my shoes. Darkness. Sound. And me: moving and getting out of breath. I imagine one of the neighbours unable to sleep, warming some milk and glancing out their window to see a strange girl dancing in the park. Hair loose and wild. I imagine the neighbour watching as the milk boils over. I imagine the neighbour smiling and feeling the knots of tension release. I imagine the neighbour sleeping better because of my dance.

Alternatively, I imagine someone calling the police.