Frankenstein and Chemistry

Frankenstein and Chemistry

It was pure chemistry when Frankenstein’s Monster was introduced to his potential Bride, by their creator, Dr. Frankenstein. At least it was so, on the monster’s part. That moment when the lonely and forlorn monster, who had wandered the earth, feeling pangs at every moment, for the misfit he was, with no one to understand him, was the most brilliant depiction of hope and connection I had ever seen on the screen.

There she stood, his Bride, with all of her flaws showing in a very bold and gaudy way, in her frightful hair, her torn dress, and all of her scars, yet the Monster gazed at her as if she were nothing short of female perfection, rendered only for him to love and to bond with, in all ways, instantaneously, and completely. His heart was captivated by her, in a way that no outsider would understand, and no one ever needs to. Too bad she did not feel the same way,and recoiled and hissed at him for his efforts, but that is beside the point of my observation.

I long to become a Bride of Frankenstein, in a flash or a word, for some kindred spirit, who sees beauty behind my flaws, and touches me with a quiet fanfare of his heart, meant only for me, bad hair day, or not.  I promise I won’t hiss at hiss at him, either.

Fairy Rath

Every Irishman knows the possible mayhem that could result from venturing too near a Fairy Rath. Fairies do not like to be disturbed by humans, and  could use it as an invitation to haunt, tease, or frighten them. This raised mound surrounded by a thick growth of trees is where the fairies may have dwelt for centuries. A highway project, for instance, that destroys this fairy haven may incur the extreme wrath of the fairies, this evidence manifesting itself in the death of the men who worked on the new road, or the destruction of their own homes. But an innocent man who simply walks near the fairy house, in hopes of getting a  glance of these otherworldly creatures, may simply be followed and haunted by a female fairy, and never able to get her out of his mind. She may taunt him with her strange spirit, and remain forever, just out of reach to his touch. Perhaps it is that beautiful torture that he longs for, and that drew him near the rath to begin with., but you will have to ask him what he seeks, for I do not know.  Beware of what gets under your skin, Irishman! Or should the impertinent fairy be cautious of attaching herself to the stray human?