Stars Over Vermont

     Rinny went outside and lit up a Bennington Long. It always made him smile 

to think about growing tobacco up here in Vermont. It just didn't happen. He looked 

long and hard at the stars above, trying to see if anything moved, if he could tell the  

earth below was moving by changes in their positions. You could tell, but it took a few 

minutes.      

     He began to look at himself, question his existence. What should he be doing? 

What was life really about? Survival? Survival alone? Dogs did that! Was it 

something  he forgot along the way? Something he had yet to learn? It hit him. it  

wasn't just about him. That one girl, that beautiful girl dancing threw light on it all. 

     He hurried back into the club and walked up to the girl. She turned and smiled at 

him. "Wanna dance?"