tales from an ordinary world

1999-10-05

Did I react correctly when she told me the news ? I'd been expecting it for a while now, but even so there's still that sudden sting as you think about it all, all over again - I'd pretty much resigned myself to it when she departed a few months back - I spent a lot of time thinking it all over then, seeing the opportunities I'd wasted and figuring that, well, life rarely gives you second chances. But I'll cope. As I told her, "I'll feel weird about this for a while, but don't worry, I'll be ok."

Some kid is singing on the tram - something like "...and the son says 'daddy, I don't wanna go to school'...". Drugs, insanity or just a desire to make his fellow travellers uncomfortable ? It seemed to be working, though - people nervously smiled to one another and watched as he ran to the end of the tram and back whilst making racing-car noises.

Sing like a bird, monkey-boy. You never know when it might end...