Monday, April 11, 2011

Things that go bang in the middle of the night

New York City, Inwood. April 11, 4 a.m. A woman wakes up in the middle of the night to use the restroom, a probable consequence of her husband's excess juicing the night before. After walking, half-asleep, to the adjacent bathroom, she does her business, flushes, washes her hands (still drowsy) and turns off the lights. She has walked this route plenty of times before, so it comes as a surprise when she bangs her left foot with all the mighty forces of the universe against the rim of the bedroom door. We hear a thump, followed by a slow gasp exiting her body and finally, a contained scream. The husband, previously asleep, wakes up in the middle of this nocturnal commotion. "What happened?," he asks. "Banged...foot...door...hurts," says she, while curling into a human hairball.
Kindly, he proceeds to rub her injured toes. But let's face it: he's surfing in and out of dreams, while his counterpart is now wide-awake and enduring the pounding punches of toe pain.
The couple attempts going back to sleep. Only one of them succeeds.

2 comments:

Alejandra said...

muy buena! :D tqm

chestr said...

Gracias chicuela. Cada que me acuerdo, me duele.
Te quiero!