Today I found the song you played me on repeat from across
the aisle while trying to make eye contact. You may have played it a hundred
times? Played it louder than necessary. Played it back to back with another
song I don’t remember at all. Something with Salman Khan in it? Some other song
extolling the virtues of romantic love and taking a chance.
Anyway, I found “Mannil” on an old CD copied for me by a dear
friend who’d billed it as “SPB Marina Beach Song” because even seven years ago
I’d forgotten how the song was sung, but only remembered only that it was
filmed on the beach. But although I’d forgotten the song itself, something
about the frisson of seeming desirable to you must have stayed with me.
And today, listening to that song from another lifetime, I
enjoyed it as I never have before. Remember you, footnote, person whose
name I never knew. I’d look you up on facebook if I knew
your name.
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