Object 1 – The World & Us

Object 2 – Act I

He crashed into me. Literally. We met when his car rear ended mine in the middle of bottleneck traffic during Manhattan rush hour. He bought me a cup of coffee while the cops came. And by the time they did, we were gone. Panting and out of breath we raced down the street and out of the city. We didn’t know where we were going.

And that was okay.

 

Object 3 – Act 2

He gets calls every day. They’re looking for us. People need us to return to reality. People want us to return to reality. But all we want is each other and this fantasy. He promises we’ll be fine. So do I. And it is fine. For ten years, it’s all fine and we live happily together. We adopt a kid. We buy a house. We get married. It’s all worked out. People stop needing us to return to reality. People don’t want us to return to reality. This is our reality.

And it was all okay.

 

Object 4 – Act 3

Until we gave up.

 

Object 5 – Dead End Love

Object 6 – Is This What Love Feels Like?

Object 7 – The Catalyst

Love is the catalyst for human endeavor, in all its forms. If it wasn’t for the love of comedy, we wouldn’t have comedians to tell us why it’s so stupid to be in love. If it wasn’t for the love of science, we would have no chemists or biologists to tell us that love is nothing but a series of chemical responses in the body. If it wasn’t for love, we would have no reason to attend our sister’s wedding and meet the one person who can treat us how we deserve to be treated – like humans. When we don’t spend our lives doing what we love most, we can’t laugh. When we can’t laugh, we can’t love. And when we can’t love, we break that subtle harmony of the universe.

 

Object 8 – A Recipe for Love

A Recipe for Love

Serves 2

 

1 cup of passion

2 cups of dedication

¼ cup of constructive argumentation, finely chopped

½ cup of laughter

1 teaspoon of serendipity

1 tablespoon of adventure

1 cup of personal growth

1 ½ cups of shared experiences

¼ teaspoon of uncertainty, rough chop

¼ teaspoon tears, happy and sad combined

Memories and laughter, to taste

 

Instructions: Combine, stir gently, and cook until all is well done. Serve warm.

 

Object 9 – A Quick Poem on Love

Like an ocean breeze,
on a warm summer’s day, that’s
veering its way across the sprawling shoreline
each time finding its way back to the sea

That is how my love for you exists,
in endless motion,
always returning to you no matter how far we wander.

 

Object 10 – Let Go