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Venus and the Sailor, 1925, by Salvador Dali
Dancing
‘Shall we dance?’ he said and
together they fell into step, dipping, stretching, and gliding across the burnished
boards. The music engulfed them as they pirouetted and twirled, she under his
arm, then he under hers. They saw nothing else, felt nothing else but the
rhythm and the blood pounding in their veins.
He pulled her close, his arms
encircling her and her heart beat faster as their bodies touched, his chest
against hers, his thighs pressed to hers, one hand on the small of her back, guiding
her, just so, just so. She wanted to dance forever, for the moment never to
end.
She gazed into his eyes, saw her
passion reflected there. Her lips parted, he bent his head to hers and the
music swelled as it came to a climax.
The little girl shut the lid of
the music box and went to have her tea.
smiles...absolutely love that it was a music box...and the story above perhaps her dreams that come on the hearing of its sweet music...
ReplyDeleteLovely....they will have many more dances to come.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the girl was not so little, after all? :)
ReplyDeleteNot just a Sailor's hornpipe is it?
ReplyDeleteOoh I wasn't expecting that. Goodness knows what went off after she shut the lid! Clever stuff.
ReplyDeleteWow... that came to a sudden stop... like a musicbox, I guess. Completely took me by surprise.
ReplyDeleteI like the unexpected end...I had a little music box too...one with a dancing ballerina...
ReplyDeleteLove it, I too had a music box, but nothing like the one you described.
ReplyDeleteI love the music box at the end. I had one as a girl that had a ballerina that danced. It was magical.
ReplyDeleteLove it and the ending was a surprise but fitted so well.
ReplyDeleteWonderfully done. Your closing line was the perfect finale!
ReplyDeleteImagination!
ReplyDeleteI think that's what's called an anti-climax! Didn't spoil my enjoyment of it though!
ReplyDeleteWow, so evocative!
ReplyDeleteLove the last line.
I really loved this. The ending made me say, "Awwwwww." Very clever.
ReplyDeleteI hope it was creamed tea !
ReplyDeleteModern doors never seem to close like that anymore...I did wonder what you were up to from the beginning. A great "Gotcha"!
ReplyDeleteI need to surface for air! This is great.
ReplyDeleteIf that was for tea, what on earth will she have for supper..? :-)
ReplyDeleteNice twist at the end.
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ha! Venus instead of a ballerina... I like that idea for a music box.
ReplyDeleteAmazing and beautiful music box
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