SKYLIGHT
So I guess it's inevitable. The end to this mortal coil. If you've ever known someone to die in your lifetime, you have to admit that the realization can just get bizarre. Not even sorry or loss as much as weird. So weird, it's stupid.
The man who is responsible for part of my education. At least, the financial part.
The man who bid me permission to steal his 18 year old virgin.
The man who plays Poopaw to my 9 year old daughter.
My ex-father in law...well, he died yesterday.
Fell off the roof of a building, 20 feet up, through a skylight and then just left this world. At the age of about 60, I think. Who knew? God alone, but none of us mortals. We're just scratching our heads.
So now I have this very strange feeling. About life and all, not death. And how the skin and scrapes that make up a man can go away in an instant. Like Curtis went away. And now he has a wife and 3 children and 5 grandchildren and, believe it or not, a mother, who are all wondering what the hell happened.
I do feel for them. And I will send my ex-wife a sympathy card this week. Along with her child support. But I just keep thinking...this is so weird. Would I respond the same way if I lost Nicole. Or would I explode. Crying and crying. Inconsolable. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Could be any time now. Especially if life is as strange as yesterday's events make me believe it is.
The man who is responsible for part of my education. At least, the financial part.
The man who bid me permission to steal his 18 year old virgin.
The man who plays Poopaw to my 9 year old daughter.
My ex-father in law...well, he died yesterday.
Fell off the roof of a building, 20 feet up, through a skylight and then just left this world. At the age of about 60, I think. Who knew? God alone, but none of us mortals. We're just scratching our heads.
So now I have this very strange feeling. About life and all, not death. And how the skin and scrapes that make up a man can go away in an instant. Like Curtis went away. And now he has a wife and 3 children and 5 grandchildren and, believe it or not, a mother, who are all wondering what the hell happened.
I do feel for them. And I will send my ex-wife a sympathy card this week. Along with her child support. But I just keep thinking...this is so weird. Would I respond the same way if I lost Nicole. Or would I explode. Crying and crying. Inconsolable. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Could be any time now. Especially if life is as strange as yesterday's events make me believe it is.
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