This morning while waiting on a Central Park bench for my running pal Val to arrive, I couldn't help noticing a pair of twins. I really thought I was seeing double.
Near the main steps up to the Jackie Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, two very attractive young men were running in place, side by side, near the bridle path that encircles the reservoir. In perfect unison, their feet pushed alternately off the concrete curb and road surface, creating a rhythmic, hypnotic sound – a soundscape.
They were dressed identically: shirtless, to show off their lean brown torsos; khaki shorts to just above the knee; running shoes. In their right hands they each held a dark blue shirt. Dark, curly hair – picture early Michael Jackson – framed their heads like halos.
As passersby noticed them, they smiled.
"I thought I was seeing double," one woman said to me.
"That must be fun to watch," said another.
When Val arrived, I pointed them out and we watched them together for awhile.
As we walked over to the bridle path to start our run, I looked across at them and raised my right thumb in a salute. They raised two right thumbs in return.
Was it running ... or performance art? Are these twins the Gilbert and George of running?
I love Gilbert and George. I remember i wanted to do my presentation about them in either primary school or early high school but mum thought it was inappropriate. Haha.
ReplyDeleteI love their art too, Chloe :-))
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