In “No One’s a Mystery,” the sound of the voices of Jack and
the “other woman” had a tone that spoke off the page. A tone of Jack’s voice of
being deep and sure, that he was confident in everything he said being true and
would never second guess a thought, that what he said would and always did
happen. On the other hand, the other woman sounded unsure. She was confident
when she was physically with him it seemed, but there was still uncertainty in
her voice. She was confident in making up her diary entries for the next few
years on this date, that they would be together and he would have left his
wife, but still when I read it imagined it would be shaky, that she wanted to
be sure that her life would play out that way but could not truly know. Jack
tells her that he will only be a memory of her past, an old man and they were
once lovers, but she continues to tell him about the life she envisions and he
listens but I wonder if he has any intention of making it come true. He controls
if he will become the old man she once knew, or the father of their daughter with
a horrible middle name. It’s a fate that leaves one so venerable in the future
but in the moment remain safe. I really enjoyed this piece and felt it was giving a voice to those who are stuck in leaving it all up to fate- in a relationship that may only be one sided even though two people are in it.
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