Nico standing on the 6th floor balcony with views of the ocean (Oct 9, 2016)
October 12, 2016
I was inside my hotel room sitting on the king size bed. The
bed was soft, yet firm, and comfortable. The top of the mattress was covered
with a white down comforter and I was surrounded by plush over sized pillows. I
was basically sitting on a cloud of comfortable ecstasy.
My hotel room is situated on the 6th floor on
ocean front property. The balcony had sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean. The
breeze was soft and firm. The forced air would push its way through the open
sliding glass doors and a whizzing sound could be heard as the air poured
through the ivory color privacy curtain. The curtain would sway inside like
superman’s cape before being sucked back out.
I laid back on my king sized bed and cuddled under the
covers. The roaring sound of the ocean surf pounding the flat sandy beach
filled the room and gave me a natural high. I was in paradise from 6 floors up.
What was I doing you ask? Watching television of course.
I had a long day. I was trying to recover from 2 days of
non-stop partying. My body was over tired and fatigued. And yet my fingers
seemed to work just find while I feverishly used my thumb on the remote control
to search the television channels for something suitable to watch.
As I advanced the channels there were small pauses in
between which allowed me to watch at least 2 seconds of programming per channel
before I could flip to the next channel. One a pause I briefly saw teenagers
and men in a camp. One was naked, but of course the station blurred out his
body to provide some sort of dignity. The man was fighting with another man.
Due to reflex I switched the channel and on the next channel I saw a couple
sitting on a table with a chef at their table searing their beef to
perfection. I promptly switched the channel back to see what was happening on
the previous channel.
As it turns out the young man is in a camp for poverty
stricken country. (I won’t name places and races.) In this camp he is being
protected from others in the country that may try and recruit them into gangs
and certain death. During a communal shower time he placed 30 Francs and his
clothes, toothbrush and other items next to the wall. When he got into the
shower he looked back and noticed everything he had in this world was gone. He
ran out of the shower and towards the main courtyard where he confronted the
people who were in the shower with him. He was still naked. A person who owns
the camp confronted the boy and the people he accused of taking his possession.
The boy continued to argue and shout begging for his only possessions back. The
camp director shouted for the return of his items. Slowly the boy’s clothes
turned up. Once he got his clothes he got dressed in the yard. He was able to
get all his possessions back including his 30 Francs.
I felt happy for him. He got his items back. Feeling
satisfied I switched the channel. That is where I came across a couple who was enjoying their table side cooked meal. They were critiquing the food
while they sipped their wine and laughed. I didn’t watch for long because I
didn’t understand the language and so I flipped the channel. While trying to find
something suitable to watch on this 42-inch hotel flat screen I thought about
the 2 different worlds those people lived in. One camp of young men fighting
daily to stay alive and the other couple who were enjoying the best life has to
offer them.
“Huh, the nerve of those people. In this world they are
critiquing food and the good life while others suffer a great deal.” I thought
to myself.
I turned off the television and allowed my body to sink into the covers. The cool breeze danced along my face. The smell of the ocean intoxicated my nostrils. In this very moment, at this exact time, I could've been in heaven. I think I'll give this hotel a 4 star review.
Captain Imperfecto on the hotel balcony. October 9, 2016
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