Friday, March 16, 2007

Ballad of a Giggling Girl

He wrote the song about a girl he knew in High School. It rose to number one on the Pop Charts quickly. He went on all the morning talk shows to perform and he went on all the late night talk shows to perform. When they asked if the song was about anyone in particular, he lied made up a pretty story about a lovely girl in college. He kept the real story to himself. The story of the fifteen year old girl who giggled at the drop of a hat and loved him like he would never be loved again. A story of a summer filled with gigles and love. A story so sad it still made his face flame with shame. A story of destruction. A story of that same giggling girl discovering his deception, of hearing the laughs of thier fellow classmates when she confronted him in the hallway and he denied any knowledge of thier shared summer. A story about the look on the girls face that shattered his heart and ruined him for anyone else. A story of a girl who never giggled again. On those late night talk shows he would play that ballad with all his soul. Straining to hear the giggles.

10 comments:

GoGo said...

Was it her constant giggling he wanted to deny or that he loved it so much?

Kamsin said...

Lovely story!

Shelley said...

So sweet and sad.

Kay McKenzie Cooke said...

This sounds like a film script - I'd watch it!

Regina said...

Inspiration comes from the sad as well as the happy...

gautami tripathy said...

Looking forward to more of ir.

gautami
Fillip

Anonymous said...

What charming writing.
Great reading!

che said...

i would have enjoy meeting that giggling gurl .

Anonymous said...

What a shithead! Screws here then and screws her now. But if I know anything about this giggling girl, she'll get her revenge.

On his DOG!

daringtowrite said...

i like your snapshot of inspiration.