The German Financier's Daughter
Curtis David Neil
- She
- ain't
- gorgeous,
- she
- just
- looks
- that
- way.When
- Zebedee
- hooks
- up
- a
- with
- girl
- from
- Frankfurt
- on
- a
- beach
- on
- the
- Sea
- of
- Galilee,
- he
- assumes
- it's
- going
- to
- be
- just
- another
- holiday
- romance.
- But
- as
- the
- nights
- grow
- longer,
- and
- the
- time
- left
- before
- her
- flight
- home
- gets
- shorter,
- you
- begin
- to
- wonder
- if
- he
- might
- be
- in
- for
- the
- ride
- of
- his
- life.This
- collection
- of
- fourteen
- stories
- starts
- off
- looking
- a
- lot
- like
- fiction.
- But
- slowly
- it
- dawns
- on
- you,
- they
- might
- actually
- be
- about
- fiction.
- The
- kind
- we
- all
- use
- to
- invent
- an
- identity
- for
- ourselves,
- building
- from
- the
- raw
- materials
- of
- memories,
- dreams,
- and
- wishes
- for
- a
- life
- that's
- better
- than
- the
- one
- we
- have.
- Anything
- that
- comes
- to
- hand
- is
- fair
- game
- –
- a
- polaroid
- snapshot
- from
- a
- happier
- time,
- something
- you
- overheard
- in
- the
- waiting
- room,
- a
- line
- from
- song
- that
- speaks
- to
- something
- we
- all
- need.It's
- a
- message
- of
- hope.
- Speaking
- a
- faith
- that
- it
- really
- is
- possible
- to
- weave
- memories
- and
- imaginary
- worlds
- into
- something
- more
- enduring.Like
- whirlwind
- of
- sex
- and
- sand.Or
- maybe
- even love.
