Post by Tulameen on Jun 18, 2006 21:36:05 GMT -5
June 16, 2006
I would love to hear your interpretations of or thoughts about this...
There is a parade through town. It's a small, probably midwestern town but could be anywhere. It's main street and it's a very wide street with generous sidewalks. No one has parked on the street to make way for the parade.
All of the spectators - and there are many, many who turn out to see the parade - are sitting in the lotus position or half-lotus, on the sidewalks. They are all wearing creamy-pale yellow (almost white) colored robes, like Buddhist monks. The spectators are two and three rows deep along the parade route.
The parade is coming, and first is a triangular-shaped float that is only floating maybe a foot off the ground. There are a number of children - toddlers, mostly - sitting in a lotus or half-lotus on the float. They are wearing robes similar to those the spectators are wearing. At the front of the float are the two guests of honor. There is a boy on the right side of the float (this is the side nearest me, because the parade is moving from my left to my right) and a girl on the left. These children are about two, maybe three.
The boy is singing in a foreign language that I kind of get the gist of, but don't fully understand. He smiles at me and keeps singing. He has dark blond hair with a row of curls down the center of his head.
The girl is singing in English, but I can't remember what she is singing. But at one point, one of the spectators says to her, "shhsh, don't sing about getting high!" The girl laughs and keeps singing. She could easily be the twin sister of the boy; she has dark blond, curly hair down to her chin.
Behind them on the float, the other children are mainly silent, some have their eyes closed, many appear to be meditating. Only the last two or three kids, and these are older, are sitting there, looking unhappy and jealous, almost scowling. The boy nearest me, on the end of the float, is pouting obviously with his arms crossed in front of him. I get the impression that he thought he should be up front, not the two year olds. He is about ten or so.
I would love to hear your interpretations of or thoughts about this...
There is a parade through town. It's a small, probably midwestern town but could be anywhere. It's main street and it's a very wide street with generous sidewalks. No one has parked on the street to make way for the parade.
All of the spectators - and there are many, many who turn out to see the parade - are sitting in the lotus position or half-lotus, on the sidewalks. They are all wearing creamy-pale yellow (almost white) colored robes, like Buddhist monks. The spectators are two and three rows deep along the parade route.
The parade is coming, and first is a triangular-shaped float that is only floating maybe a foot off the ground. There are a number of children - toddlers, mostly - sitting in a lotus or half-lotus on the float. They are wearing robes similar to those the spectators are wearing. At the front of the float are the two guests of honor. There is a boy on the right side of the float (this is the side nearest me, because the parade is moving from my left to my right) and a girl on the left. These children are about two, maybe three.
The boy is singing in a foreign language that I kind of get the gist of, but don't fully understand. He smiles at me and keeps singing. He has dark blond hair with a row of curls down the center of his head.
The girl is singing in English, but I can't remember what she is singing. But at one point, one of the spectators says to her, "shhsh, don't sing about getting high!" The girl laughs and keeps singing. She could easily be the twin sister of the boy; she has dark blond, curly hair down to her chin.
Behind them on the float, the other children are mainly silent, some have their eyes closed, many appear to be meditating. Only the last two or three kids, and these are older, are sitting there, looking unhappy and jealous, almost scowling. The boy nearest me, on the end of the float, is pouting obviously with his arms crossed in front of him. I get the impression that he thought he should be up front, not the two year olds. He is about ten or so.