Category Archives: Summer of Love 2009

Stalker, Scene 46, Gimme Some Truth

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

 (Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker) In the Summer of 2009, Stalker tells Baby a Story I was living with my parents. No shame there, even though I was nearly 29. I was glad … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 28, Boom!

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up here: Stalker) Summer of 2009 Baby, you must promise me two things.  One, you must tell my stories.  Do not let my stories die with me.  And two, you must … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 27, CCNY

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

Summer of 2009 Stalker wants the facts, just the facts thank you, and that lets me off the hook for a bit on essay writing.  I construct a spreadsheet, detailing my experiences, boiling them down to who, what, where, when.  … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 26, The List

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

Summer of 2009 “I got your essays, Baby.  Thank you for completing your assignments by the deadline.   You find it easier to confide through writing, than by talking, don’t you?” Stalker’s voice is strong and authoritarian on the phone.  This particular tone of … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 19, Deborah

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

The summer of our love, 2009. “Let me grab another pack of cigarettes, Baby, and my bottle of vodka,” Stalker says.   ”I will tell you the whole story and then we will never have to speak of it again.”  His voice was … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 16, Time Travel

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

Summer of Love, 2009. As Stalker and I fell in love, each conversation was a revelation.  We both grew up in crowded Bronx households, in families that instilled religion (and guilt) within us. We had gone to the same high school, had friends in common.  We loved … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 14, Hair the Musical

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

The Fall of Our Love.  Stalker and Baby attend Hair the Musical, our first date to a Broadway show.  September 2009. The irony could not have been keener for me.  What had been my first date to a Broadway show, ever? September 1969.  … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 13, Kiss Me Kate

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

Our summer of love, 2009. “I am almost 60 years old,” said Stalker. “This is not high school, with our whole lives ahead of us.   Take the plunge with me; we will jump off the cliff holding hands.  What are … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 10, Assignment 1

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

Our summer of love, 2009.  Stalker wanted to know everything about me.  I could share those stories that I had hoped,  in my most self-indulgent daydreams, to find an audience for.  ”From your first skinned knee to your first pet, from your first kiss to the last tear that … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 9, I’d Be Disowned

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

2009.  The summer of love for Stalker and me.  In May, Stalker had attended his 40th high school reunion, at the Bronx HS of Science.  No, I wasn’t there.  I had graduated a year after he did.  But I saw the reunion postings … Continue reading →

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