Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 26-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
By The River On A Sunny Day Meeting
Veronica doesn’t see why her attraction to Mr. Cheese bothers Frank. Cheese rejected her. There isn’t going to be anything more. Frank is holding her. The sun is warm. A sea lion splats its tail on the water. Frank wants Veronica to simply stop being attracted to Mr. Cheese. Veronica watches the sparkle on the water, noticing that it obscures where the creature was, where it may resurface. Frank spots the sea lion farther out, and Veronica regards this moment metaphorically. She was staring too hard at the intensity of the sparkle, knowing that what she wanted to see would probably not pop up in the same place. She is soothed by Frank’s ability to see things differently. She likes it that he sees the animal’s head farther out and when she asks, “Where?” he guides her with words, to a place well beyond the sparkle which is now, appropriately, dissipating.
The woman at the food stand calls out, “Roast beef sandwich,” and Veronica remarks that no one sitting at the benches eating lunch would know that they are having a meeting about desire and obedience.
