Oh How It Is To Be

bad outcome that may ensue. If my heart was going to race, I was going to make sure it had a reason to.

I had to choose my moments because with a resting heartbeat of 180 beats per minute, the world seemed to slow to a crawl. If I was only born with a finite number of heartbeats, I was going to make each damn one count and spend it on the most exciting moments of my life. I would let it race in anticipation as I leaned in for a kiss or permit palpitations to pass as I tried something new and exciting. SO maybe being “grounded” from my everyday tasks sucked and maybe I had to put some things on the back burner for now, but it wasn’t the end of the world. I just had to choose my moments.

By Kerri Cochran

IT’S 2016. FREDDIE MERCURY, JOHN LENNON, AND GEORGE HARRISON are surronding a piano in the afterlife. JOHN is sharing the piano bench with FREDDIE and GEORGE is standing watching. It is clear that JOHN and FREDDIE have been arguing for some time now.

FREDDIE: I think the song has a lot of potential, but you should play it like this. (He plays a fast paced tune.)

JOHN: Stop playing so heavy handed or you’ll break the damn thing.

FREDDIE: Your suppose to be a rock star! Where’s your edge?

JOHN: I lost my edge when I had to sneak a grand piano up 5 flights of stairs. That and when I married Yoko.

GEORGE: You didn’t really take this from the famous pianist’s room did you?

JOHN: Where the hell else would I get one from?

FREDDIE: Don’t be daft… You do realize we have our own band room full of pianos and other instruments by the laundry room right?

JOHN: …

(JOHN continues playing but at a slower, softer pace. FREDDIE picks up the sheet music with JOHN’s lyrics written on them. As FREDDIE speaks JOHN’s piano playing trails off.)

FREDDIE: God your handwriting is awful… What is this even suppose to say? … Bye… Why, cry, tie, lie- These are all just things that rhyme with sky.

JOHN: Are you trying to imply something?