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Quasimodo’s Strange
Feelings
Quasimodo
was fairly certain that the absinthe he had consumed over the course of the
evening was not the sole contributor to his current state of mind. Granted, it had been a considerable amount,
but he could still clearly see that Esmeralda was having an intoxicating effect
upon everyone watching her tripping the light fantastic in the middle of the
dance floor.
On
the other hand, he knew that absinthe is known to have helped drive many a mind mad,
and he was beginning to wonder if this was what was happening to him. For he had a strange feeling that he and
Esmeralda would someday become close friends—even being quite dear to each
other.
Oh
no, not as lovers. For he had not drank
that much, but the thought of such a lovely lady holding him close to her heart
in her mind made his own heart skip a beat or two, nonetheless.
“How
can this be?” Oh my, he had almost asked
that question out loud, which would have been disastrous. For it appeared that no one at the party knew he was
there watching from the shadows, and he certainly did not want to be tossed out
in the street like the last time he was caught where he was unwelcome.
Yes,
Quasimodo knew that his disfigurement made him an unwelcome sight around most
places. For it was said that God would
not do something like that to a good person.
He hoped that those who would say such a thing were wrong, and he had
another strange feeling that they were.
Quasimodo
could not help but let out a soft chuckle as a thought about these strange
feelings surely leading to either his destruction or salvation negotiated its
way through the absinthe vapors behind his eyes. Then he noticed an old man sitting on a stool
and scowling in his direction, and he took it as his cue to slip away while he
could. Esmeralda was still dancing the
night away, and his heart was still skipping beats.
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I've tripped many a light fantastic in my time - and met a lot of Quasimodos...
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Jinksy!!! All in innocent fun--right? (LOL?)
ReplyDeleteWow, you are really quick this morning. I'll be over to savor your offering, posthaste!
by the sounds of it you are talking about a man that feels as though he lives within a women's body.
ReplyDeletehappy days!
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Thanks for stopping by, my dear Anonymous. What?
ReplyDeletei liked it. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear TWG!!! Be assured that I greatly appreciate the encouragement.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jerry. I enjoyed reading this. I wasn't expecting Quasimodo and Esmeralda to be at the Moulin Rouge, but I'm glad they were!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Victor Hugo would have approved of your take on the prompt.
ReplyDeleteHearts skipping beats for all the right reasons ~~~ delightful!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Sharon!!! Alas, my wife insists that I seldom make much sense at all.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Doctor FTSE!!! That was so very kind of you to say.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Helen!!! I am quite sure that cardiologists would not agree. (LOL?)
ReplyDeleteWhy not Quasimodo..the heart has its reasons! As they say, Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder...
ReplyDeleteQuasimodo, a live soul in a damaged body and the lovely Esmeralda who encompassed it all.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Lyn!!! Back during my wild days, I missed out on trying absinthe, but I have sure heard some tales.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Julie!!! After reading your wonderful comment, it came to mind that I could have went with, Prelude to a Dream, as the title to this piece.
ReplyDeleteI remember clearly being taken to see the Charles Laughton/Maureen O'Hara version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".
ReplyDeleteThat version had been made long before I was born...and when it came to the screen again (movies were re-run frequently back when I was a kid...those classed as classics, and even some that were not, were re-run often with years in between showings) - my mother took me to see it on a Tuesday night, saying it was a movie and a story I should become familiar with.
And I still think the Laughton/O'Hara version is the best.
Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! I wonder if that was the version I saw on television long ago? I also read the book while in high school. So, I is too edgumacated (despite what SOME people say)!
ReplyDeleteThat was so sweet! You can't help but love old Quasi......♥
ReplyDeleteps......I had the old dear downing the Absinthe....lol.....☺
Thanks for stopping by, my dear Helena!!! Well, you know what they say about great minds...
ReplyDeleteSuch hopeful musings. Very nice!
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ReplyDeletestellar take on this image!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Kathe!!! I am really glad you liked this.
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