Author's Note:
This vignette is a submission in the
750 Word Project 2022
. The challenge is to write a complete, very short story using 750 words: no less, no more. Given the constraints of the format, may you find 'Love Cats' an enjoyable, erotic quickie -- no less, no more.
--Sandy.
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"Mom, don't you feel some songs have a power to possess you and change your life?
I was in no mood for a philosophical discussion with my teenage daughter.
"I feel like some music seeps into my soul like a magic spell, sweeping me into another world - don't you feel that's true for you mom?"
Kat wasn't going to drop the subject. "When I was your age, I used to think like that, but I don't anymore. I've got important things to do with my adult life, I don't believe in life-changing music."
Crushed by my dismissal, Kat lashed out, "You think I'm silly for having feelings. But you've become a shriveled old bag lady! You've forgotten what it's like to be happy and full of life!"
I gave my daughter 'the look'.
She pushed, "Didn't you ever feel anything when you listened to..."
"No!" was my rebuke. "Kat! Go sit in the car and wait for me there."
I was in a sour mood.
Kat had switched the radio from NPR and cranked up the volume. Kat was dancing in her seat, her tight jeans rocked across the leather seat, arms swaying to the music.
"Mom!" she sighed over the distinctive bass. "Listen to this guy. It's the best song ev-er! It makes me feel wild right here!" She patted her lap.
I swooned, recognizing Robert Smith's voice. That song swept me back to 1984. I was ten months out of high school and in the backseat of a Chevy Chevelle.
Robert Smith's seductive voice slithered from the dashboard that sultry night. I adored Robert, the way he slapped sloppy mascara around his eyes with violent abandon. He's the sexiest