Topical Guide 713
Mark Dorset
Imagination
What a Piece of Work I Am, Chapter 32:
He imagined himself putting it into effect, standing at the window of the bedroom, while he and Grandmother slid down the Bolotomy River on their way to Rarotonga. He imagined its effect on her, and he saw her eyes brighten, felt the weight of hopelessness begin to lift from her, and from himself. When he saw a smile begin to appear around the corners of her mouth, he decided that it was exactly the right thing to do.
(And just then the rain should have stopped, and the clouds should have begun to break up, to drift apart into fluffy tufts, just drifting lazily along in front of the moon, because his step was lighter now, and he should have had moonlight to light his way, to see him home.)
What a Piece of Work I Am, Chapter 32:
Grandfather began to sing to her the silly lyric of that silly song, crooning the opening lines as if they were the beginning of a prayer: “Come on, honey, come with me. Sail away, across the sea—”
Styx, “Come Sail Away” (excerpt):
What a Piece of Work I Am, Chapter 32:
He rushed to her side. He knelt beside the bed and held her. “We’ve been talking about it for so long,” he said. “I’ll bet you thought we’d never go. And you know, I think that if we just went on talking about it, maybe we never would go. But—now—tonight—we can—if you want to.”
Now she knew that she’d been wrong about his state of mind. The goofy smile she saw was real.
“You’d better cast off, then,” she said.
Nat King Cole, “It’s Only a Paper Moon” (excerpt):
See also:
Imagination TG 62; Imagination, Improvisation TG 102; Imagination TG 113
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