To Be Continued
If you're going to write a tale about a hustler who falls in love for the first time it's a good idea to have the lovers riding a motorcycle as the story begins. The scene is full of symbolic meaning because there is contact on many levels. The rider is holding on tight to rippled abs, connecting his body to the driver's. As they zoom across the Brooklyn bridge there is contact with the wind, the sky seems closer and the sun is touching them both. They are alive together for a moment and there is fear. There is fear of what may be ahead - an accident, punishment and most definitely pain - and even thoughts of death are flashing across their minds. They laugh and scream because in those few seconds they can fly through the wind and there is no time. There is no sound - just the tailpipe and the noise of the white air. They connect through an honest mutual happiness and their secret desire to leave forever....like Thelma and Louse they want to drive the bike off the edge and into the sky just to marvel at the view of Manhattan from above.
"It's so beautiful."
Unlike Thelma and Louise, they lack the ability to let go entirely...and since the story has just begun, it's a good idea for them to stay alive for a while....at least until they make their dreams come true.
TBC
