Friday, July 1, 2011

Moon and Mars Dream

I'm at a party on the moon. It's a club, not too big, low ceilings, not too fancy, but I can't see well because it's very dark. There's gravity; actually everything's the same as it would be at a club on Earth except that the people are wilder and more drunk, more festive. They're on the moon after all.
You can look outside and see the stars and the surface of the moon, illuminated by spotlights but gray, not like the pearl you can see in the sky at night. I glimpse outside at times during the party. When I do, I think, "I can't wait to tell my friends about the party on the moon."
I start talking to a girl who's there. She asks me if I've been to some places on the moon, tourists spots. I don't know the names of any of them, I didn't know there were tourist spots on the moon, although of course there are tourist spots anywhere; I just assume they're some craters that are bigger than the rest. I laugh and tell her no, we're on the moon, what kinds of sights are there to see? She laughs out of pity and I'm disappointed in my answer.
Then I pull her aside and say "Do you know how short life is? I've never kissed anyone on the moon. Not many people can say they have. Have you?" She smiled but she didn't kiss me.
Then I was in a spaceship, looking out the window at Mars. It was red, very red, but, like the moon, there wasn't anything special to see.
Then I'm walking in Apgujeong at night. It's dark and there's the light from the streetlights, and the lights of the cars, and the stores. People are walking around, some are laughing, others just walking. I wonder if I was on the moon or if I just imagined it, and I wonder if it even matters.

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