Cranberry Beauty
Two brothers share a room and when of them seems to have an "adult" dream, the other wants to know the details.
Bunk beds. Many of us experienced those accommodations growing up. What did you get: top or bottom? Were you relegated to the dungeon or were you king or queen – of your room, at least?
It’s nighttime and writer Desiree Nordlund invites us into two brothers’ bedroom. Adel lies asleep in his bottom bunk, dreaming. There she is. Doing what?
In Adel’s visually rich vision, a naked woman reclines on a bed covered with cranberries. More tart fruit cascades down on her, gathered by her white wings.
Adel approves. In the bed above, brother Tom hears.
Apparently, this isn’t the first time Nordlund’s angel’s made a cameo in adolescent dreams. Adel confesses everything. But the details he leaves out -
Tom fills in. Ultimately what upper-bunk brother imagines is distinctly different than Adel’s most fevered fantasies. Which colors Tom’s judgment of him… quite a bit.
An enchantingly crafted short-short, Cranberry Beauty reminds us how sibling annoyances are really I love you’s in disguise. No matter how quirky they get in dreams!
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” - Confucius