#the minute he touched my arm im sure my eyes went like saucers

[eddie-rifff]

in honor of carl palmer's birthday, i will recount , once again, the tender arm touch of 2019.

it was a fine summer evening at the yes concert. carl palmer and arthur brown just did their set. they went over to the merch booth to sign stuff, so i went over to meet them.

i go up to carl palmer, i start talking to him. he leans in and touches my upper left arm tenderly as i speak, looking into my eyes and listening intently. suddenly i am completely starstruck despite having met him six years prior. i forget what i am saying and say something along the lines of "anyway i just wanted to say uhhh i think you're really hot BYE" and he says, clearly not prepared for that, "oh - thank you!" and i walk briskly away, kicking myself for losing my cool.

and that was the tender carl palmer arm touch of 2019. the end.