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COOL TO MY TOUCH


on an uncontrollable impulse or an overwhelming
whim i left my home. after a two hours drive i am
at her house and in her bed and she is now snoring
contendedly and loudly

i take the remote from under my pillow and click on
the teevee and push mute. the charlie rose show is on.
two men are seated at a circular table with mister rose.
i slightly raise the volume. they are discussing
global warming

one of the guests has a greyish ponytail. he is speaking
in an emotional manner and uses both hands to
emphasis a point. he says the artic and antartic are
melting. the glaciers are shrinking. the polar bear
and penguin are in dire straits. we must act immediately.
he pauses to take a drink of water

mister rose turns to the other man and asks his opinion.
this man says that if global warming is real there is
nothing that can be done. he then gives an example :

" a block of ice is removed from a freezer and put inside
an oven which is heated to one hundred degrees.
the ice begins to melt. the heat is turned off. the ice
keeps melting. it is taken from the oven and placed
back in the freezer. the ice continues to melt for a period
of time before refreezing "

he then explains the problem with the idea of global
warming is that even if you bring all industrial activity
to a halt, how do you lower earth's temperature
enough to refreeze the artic and antartic regions ?
he says there is no solution and that we would do
better by getting as much enjoyment out of life
as possible and turn a negative into a positive

i click off the teevee and toss the remote onto the carpet.
" hey babe wake up " i say while reaching over to
squeeze her right thigh and gently bite her neck
" babe wake up. we've got to turn a negative
into a positive !"