A stop motion portrayal of euphoric remembrance, first love, first loss, and the release of contained adoration into a life of isolation and regret.
I met her on Halloween
I was a skeleton
She was a rabbit
The thing about rabbits is
They’re hard to catch
Especially when riding a bicycle
That year, I got a bike for my birthday
We would ride
Soaring like lovebirds
And I still remember her hair on the wind
Always in the latest fashion
She would stand in front of the mirror
Naked
For hours
Weeping
I would stare at her body
She was beautiful
I tried drawing other figures
But she was the only doll for me
Her favorite thing was an old Barbie
“Kept it in an antique cedar chest,” she said
One night, I surprised her
And came over with a pendant
A lovebird
But she was gone
So I opened the chest
To put the medallion ‘round her doll
My love was inside
All curled up
She called me, “A gatecrasher.”
I called her, “My Pandora.”
She was an enigma
After that
I took the key to her chest
To her heart
That’s when she closed herself off
Shut herself in
Locked me out
She slowly disappeared
But never faded away
Legend says a true skeleton key
Can unlock anything
Except my bicycle bunny in the box
That will never open again
This skeleton key doesn’t work…
Principal Crew
- Written and Directed by Joe Kavitski
Principal Actors
- Voice Over by Dana Boyer
TRT: 2 min 46 sec
