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TITLE (EDIT)
Soliloquy |
DESCRIPTION
A woman seeking love, finds more than she expected.
[173 words] |
TITLE KEYWORD
Fable |
AUTHOR
Judith Goff |
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Dark imagination, things that slither in the night, the dark side of existence ... Fascinating. I imagine, I write, I dream ...
[February 2003] |
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (55)
Descent To Hell (Poetry) This is actually a song I wrote for a novel. [233 words]
Do You Feel Me? (Poetry) - [84 words] [Erotic]
Don't (Poetry) - [91 words]
Edge Of Eternity (Poetry) Loss and redemption. [189 words]
Epilogue (Poetry) - [35 words]
Eternal Curse (Poetry) Vampires... again. [124 words] [Horror]
Evil (Poetry) Another song? What's up with this? [118 words]
Fantasy .... Reality (Poetry) Written after a rude awakening. [73 words] [Relationships]
Freeky (Poetry) Feelin' kinda dirty ... feelin' kinda mean ... [81 words] [Erotic]
Games (Poetry) - [103 words]
Happenstance (Poetry) A little silly, perhaps? [66 words]
Heaven Bound (Poetry) As did Sylvia, I felt the need to express my feelings on this day of national tragedy, and as she so aptly stated, no reviews necessary. [124 words]
I Am Sin (Poetry) More vampires... [116 words] [Horror]
Imaginary Lover (Poetry) - [74 words] [Erotic]
Immortal Obsession (Poetry) Immortal cravings. [94 words]
In The Eventide (Poetry) - [100 words]
Insanity Part Un & Insanity Part Deux (Poetry) I believe I've lost it .... [155 words]
Interlude (Short Stories) Chance encounters can be dangerous.... [172 words] [Horror]
Lycanthrope (Poetry) Poem or short story... you decide... [197 words] [Horror]
Mezmerized (Poetry) Oh, the lure of the darkness. [165 words] [Horror]
My So-Called Life (Poetry) - [99 words]
Not Quite Haiku (Poetry) Just what it seems... [49 words]
Nothing Left (Poetry) Love realized. [138 words] [Erotic]
Only Words (Poetry) - [61 words]
Onslaught Of Love (Poetry) Secret yearnings ... [137 words]
Pandora's Bottle (Short Stories) First love, last love... [5,004 words] [Horror]
Player (Poetry) When the player tires of the game.... [57 words] [Relationships]
Please Now (Poetry) - [49 words]
Post Mortem (Poetry) In Memory of Mark Whitney Davis 1960-2001 You left me here alone ... WHY? [68 words]
Predator (Poetry) - [84 words]
Primal (Poetry) - [26 words]
Ravenous (Poetry) - [47 words] [Horror]
Requiem (Poetry) -Perhaps a final goodbye [40 words]
Reverie (Poetry) - [100 words]
Sacrificial Lamb (Poetry) - [94 words]
Sisters Of The Heart (Poetry) In Memory of Joey Callihan 1949-1999 [120 words]
Soul Of A Dove (Poetry) - [73 words]
Spontaneous Combustion (Poetry) A little heat.... [72 words] [Erotic]
Steam Heat (Poetry) A little something to warm a winter's day? [20 words]
Super Bowl High (Poetry) I've been a Bucs fan from the first inauspicious fumbling in the dark to tonight's awesome Super Bowl win ... This is dedicated to all of us diehard fans! Go Bucs! [109 words]
The Bell Tower (Poetry) Unrequited love ... [169 words] [Romance]
The Callous Heart (Poetry) Those lying guys... I mean eyes ... [89 words] [Relationships]
The Looking Glass (Poetry) - [155 words]
The Memory Book (Poetry) A real departure from my usual ... [155 words]
The Mists Of Dreams (Poetry) Sensuality. [69 words] [Romance]
The Portrait (Short Stories) A painting with a dark secret ... [1,352 words] [Horror]
This Man Of Mine (Poetry) - [95 words]
Those Eyes (Poetry) Can fantasy become reality? [68 words] [Erotic]
Traces Of You (Poetry) - [99 words]
Transformation (Poetry) I know, I know, vampires again.... [152 words]
Vamp (Poetry) I know, more vampires, I just can't seem to help myself... and who said vampires have to be male? [158 words] [Horror]
Vampire (Poetry) - [70 words] [Horror]
Where? (Poetry) Lost love [97 words]
Whispers On The Wind (Poetry) Something ghostly this way comes... [92 words] [Horror]
Winter Wind (Poetry) Alone. [128 words]
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Soliloquy
Judith Goff
She sought love … in bars along 7th Avenue, one by one, night after night.
Scanning faces, searching for a nuance she would recognize,
when it appeared. Accepting, declining; drinks, dances,
invitations for sweaty, grappling encounters
that touched the body but never the soul …
She sought love … in glaring, sterile aisles in supermarkets, hands grasping
cold, steel handles, cart holding nothing, merely a prop, a reason
for being there at all. Slick pages in even slicker magazines
having promised the desperately-dateless a new, fertile
hunting ground.
She sought love … amid swirling, sudsy wash-loads, hum of machinery, acrid
stench of chlorine, clothes clean and clean and clean; washed, dried,
folded neatly, stacked in wicker baskets. Preppies, Yuppies
and long-haired, tattooed artist types. Another ‘Promised Land’
of opportunity for those without.
She sought love … on a darkened street, yellow street lights, pools of
sanctuary against the void. Wandering with no purpose other
than a chance encounter. Sudden awareness, looming menace,
jerked from the sidewalk by arms, bands of steel; momentary
flash of moonlight on the knife-blade before the slash …
the whisper,
“I love you, Baby …”
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READER'S REVIEWS (8)
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"Well written, hauting, but I'm not sure of the ending. Is the 'moral of your story': careful what you search for? It would be interesting (for me anyway) if you conclusion was something more observed. But as it was, I found it an enjoyable read. " -- Iam.
"Iam, thank you for your comments on Soliloquy ... as for the ending, her desperation put her in harms way, and she found "love" of quite a different nature from that which she sought. Again, thank you for the review and I am glad you enjoyed this piece." -- Judi, Tampa, FL, USA.
"Enjoyed. Well thought out. As I see it: as she's searching for love so is another, and of a different sought. Downside: perhaps a touch too long. " -- Ulysses Hero, England.
"Thank you, Ulysses, for reviewing Soliloquy. Happy you enjoyed it. As for the length, at only 173 words, what would you see cut? Just curious !!!!!" -- Juid, Tampa, FL, USA.
"Sounds like a bad walk through Ybor City. She should have went to the Castle of Ybor City to meet someone." -- R. Bennett Okerstrom.
"R. Bennett, a surprise !!! Sounds like you've been to Tampa! I have a completed novel set in Ybor(vampires!) but not sure I want to post any of it here. This one I may want to try to paper-publish, although I would love your opinion!!! Dilemma!!!!" -- Judith, USA.
"I have a condo in New Port Richey. You could say that I've been to Tampa. E-mail your story to me. I'd love to read it! Rbokie24@aol.com" -- R. Bennett.
"Blow me away yet again,pools of sanctuary against the void.we love you baby." -- Stuart Eric Longridge.
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STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
September 2002 |
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