I was swaying from side to side and on occasion I would swirl my body around stopping again for a sway side to side as the music played. I would have to straighten my shoulders as the weight of my body would pull them forward and as I did so every bone would crack its way erect to the correct position, this would last for a few seconds until dropping the their normal hunched in positions.  I had no one to answer to and I had the energy and life in me to stand and sway and so I did.               “ “Hmmm…. hmmm…. hmmm…The thrill is gone babe…..I said the thrill has gone away from me…..….”  BB king was the only Man who could have me at hello. As the humming vibrated the roof of my mouth I thought about how this song represented the crescendo of what I have become and how I wished it didn’t bring me so much comfort. When the clock slows its ticking and you are about to meet your maker everything falls into its place and you see clearly for the first time in your entire existence and yet you plea to have more time. If more time is granted you come back from that moment to the noise and narcissism the war and the murder, poverty and the gluttony , smog and the trash of a world you bagged so desperately to return to. To say the least it leaves you with existential angst and a new found appreciation to the song “ the thrill has gone away”.  

-Lela Moore

24 years of age

Location: Spokane, Wa

Prior Locations: Napa Valley/ San Diego

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