Taylor Wants It To Rain

This is a short story about a Hanson concert.

Taylor looks at the crowd as he feels the drugs inside of his chest offer him a smooth sensation that leaves his body numb.  He wonders why there are so many people when the spray containers that hold the mist have some corrosive element that will make their skins burn and red rashes form.  He feels a cheat, however the last time he performed he was cheated of an encore and so he decided to tell the crowd that he will never love them -  the only issue is he will never hate them because they come to hear him sing.

"I don't like singing!"  mutters Taylor as he looks at the piano and knows that he needs to play. 

The other band members look to him and he ignores their stares as they form holes on his back.  It is as though their eyes are lazer, but he knows that his skin is diseased.  He has no muscle, only meat, and that is because he has AIDS.

"Soon everyone will have AIDS and be like me -  a tortured being!"  mutters Taylor to himself as he places his fingers on the piano keys. 

Taylor wants to start playing but inside of his mind he knows that he will not actually play.  Band member Zach tries a cord or two on his guitar which sits behind his stack of drums to that he can play a tune on it when he needs to.  Taylor looks to Zach and narrows his eyes -  he knows that he is waiting to show off his vocals and he knows that he will be loud when he does!

"What are you doing?"  mutters Taylor in a daydream as other band member Isaac strums his guitar to make Taylor want to start.  "What do you want?"  he mutters as he feels his heart beat fast.


Inside of Taylor's mind there is a memory -  he is a kid being beaten up because the people around him want him to sing.  Knuckles swing right, left, center -  he is thrown punch by punch until a rack of rings scratch his skin right down the chest leaving him cut and bleeding. 

"Are you my parents?" he asks to the nonsense people who are stoned.  "Do you want to come home with me?"

He gets hit in return and then he gets dragged onto an empty stage and told to sing.  As Taylor sings a bullet strikes his head and he falls down as blood rains all around him.  There is a criminal in the theater and they wanted him dead, needs him dead, so that he can't sing!


Taylor blinks his eyes and he looks at the theater once again -  he wants to leave, but a larger portion of him wants to stay.  Taylor clears his tone and mutters the name of a song -  however his two band members shout that he can't sing the song, and so he chooses another one. 

"Sunshine of my Heart!"  tells Taylor as he reaches for some water.  "Sing it raw!"

The crowd starts to sing as Taylor drinks water -  he knows he doesn't need to try and so he sits as the crowd raise their voices.  Taylor feels good that he does not need to play and his band members narrow their eyes as their feet ache to leave the stage.  Taylor bothers to press a key on the piano but it doesn't do anything but serve as backup to the vocals that are streaming in from the crowd. 

"When is it going to rain?"  asks Taylor to Zach who narrows his eyes and then leaves. 

Isaac follows so that he can grab himself a drink but Taylor stays. 


Taylor's manager comes out from the wings and asks Taylor what is the issue?  Taylor tells him that he wants it to rain, and the manager shrugs.

"It's supposed to be for later!" he declares.

"I want it to rain now!"  tells Taylor as he blinks sweat that has dribbles down his face.

His body feels cool but his skin is hot and clammy.  Taylor wipes his face and mutters to himself as the manager backs off and races to press a button at the back.  Water falls from the ceiling -  sprinkles of acid that wet the crowd all around.  Taylor smiles as he watches the crowd scream and grow excited but their screams turn into shrieks as burning is felt on their fleshy faces.  Taylor leaves as his mind grows excited -  the crowd is going to get burnt and he is going to have a good night sleep!