Author: Ellen Rockne

Songs to Herself

She waved at all the people on the trains & later, when she saw they didn’t wave back, she started singing songs to herself & it went that way the whole day & she couldn’t remember having a better time in her life.

Something True

My favorite thing is saying something true, he said, but I’m a lot younger than you & don’t have to worry so much about my reputation.

Soccer

What are the rules? I said & he said you run & you run & you run until you fall over. There’s a couple others in there for variety, he added, but that’s the main one.

Smiling Eyes

She turned to me & whispered, don’t you just love it when you get so excited you forget to breathe? & the thought of her smiling eyes still makes me laugh.

Smart Exercise

If you were smart, you’d probably spend more time stretching, he said & I said, If I were really smart, I’d probably spend more time just sitting in the shade drinking lemonade

Smaller World

I know he’s not really gone, she said, but the world still feels smaller to me today.