Local Writers Showcase: Matthew Deese

This is our showcase of local writers. It is part of our weekly publication of locally written short stories that will be published every Sunday. This week we have great work from a talented local writer.

Nothing Else Will Ever Compare by Matthew Deese

I tell her, “Baby girl, I don’t care?!”She just gives me that look & says, “That’s not fair… I wanna look radiant; I want everyone to stare!”I laugh & tell her, “Shut your mouth & just come here…”She looks back at me with a pout & a sigh; shoulders drooped, hands over her eyes.I say, “There’s no need to cry, no need for that sigh.  I’m about to let you in on a little secret; it’s about being your guy.  You see, I don’t care what you wear, where we go or how long we’re there, because everywhere we go, people stare.  Stare at you & your beauty; your smile & that booty, but when I stare I’m staring at what you do to me.  I can’t even believe that you’re still talking to me most times?!  I still pinch myself when you’re by my side, because every time that I’m around you it’s the jumping for joy that I have to hide!”She says, “I don’t know, it’s just…”I stop her right there.  She lays her head on my shoulder & I caress her hair.  I say, “Be quiet now, don’t you dare.  When are you gonna realize that I’ll always stare.  Stare at you every day for the rest of my life I hope, because you’re my star & I’m your telescope.  I’ve loved you since the first time that we spoke.  I was dumbfounded by your presence like my voice box had a stroke.  The words just wouldn’t come out; I thought I would choke!  I panicked a bit as I tried to mask it w/ a joke.  There was an awkward silence then you smiled & took a toke.  But right then & there I knew that you were my drug & I was hooked on your coke.  You make my heart float, you’re my soul’s love note & for the rest of my life I can only hope… hope that I’ll always be able to stare.  So, baby, just calm down; I promise its fair.  With you in my life I’ll always stare, because I know that for the rest of my life nothing else will ever compare!”