
We took a stroll through Äppelviken to see how the rich were doing. It was saturday and the sun was up as high and divine as ever the Pharaohs. The rich seemed to be doing fine. The sun lit their rooftops and made their great lawns blossom and prosper like enchanted hills of green and gold. We turned towards the sea and saw white sails on the water.
- Magnificent! I said. But you remained silent.
We went on. Me fantasizing about the two of us living there; isolated but safe. Like a wasp in amber. Two rays of sunlight, forever hidden away in dripping honey. Then, suddenly and with a silent, violent voice, you said:
- All I can think about is Molotov cocktails.
I nodded and pointed my excited finger at a set of big chairs enclosed by an small scaled oasis.
- I agree! I said. Just imagine one or three chilled cocktails traveling towards you on a silver plate through that hanging garden over there!
You remained silent. We passed a golden gate. Beyond the walls surrounding the Apple-bay area we could see the city skyline reach for the heavens like dirty fingers through a mountain stream. The city, the toil and the cement, it had felt so far away. Now there it was again – like it always is. A gray morning after dreams of joy.
- What kind of a drink is a Molotov cocktail? I asked. Is that the one with lemon and ginger ale in a highball?
You remained silent.
A BMW Z4 passed us, top down. An opera was playing so loud in the car-stereo that I almost saw notes flying by like in some technicolor cartoon from the thirties. The guy driving the BMW wore dark shades and the world was so bright it stung me.
- I want to go home. You said.
And so we went back.