a women is sitting in bed
she’s alone and just woke
the beds all messed up
the newspaper is spread all over the place
bedside are various items including used tissues, a framed picture with a piece of newspaper in it(its an obit), and half a cup of coffee
look here at this one, BENION, JAMES P. (PETE), age 79, of Birmingham, passed away October 31, 2008. Funeral service will be held Monday, November 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Eastside Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Dynast Gardens. Rev. Roy Peterson officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 2 - 7 PM at the funeral home. Eastside Funeral Home Directing.
A man named james but called pete by everyone who loved him. I bet he flew planes, the electric kind with a remote control. He probably taught his grand kids how to make paper airplanes, rather unsuccessfully, but with a smile on his face. Never drank coffee but smoked unfiltereds. Pete, hmm he probably liked Johnny Cash, and couldn’t figure out how to work things like cd players or blenders. Who was he married to?
(There’s a pause, she waiting for a response)
Yes exactly what I was thinking, her name was Gertrude but everyone called her sally. Sally and pete, madly in love till the day he died. They have 3 kids, none of who talk to them anymore.
(another pause)
oh yore right, if he taught their grandkids how to make paper airplanes they have a good relationship. (she laughs) DO you think she slet around on him?
(pause)
no youre right, she probably fantizied about the mailman. It was the shorts that did it for her. Oh wow that sally was a dirty bid huh. Do you think pete wore those short mailman short to please her?
(pause)
yes yes he did.
(Pause, the women starts crying, she touches the picture frame next to her bed,)
I cut yours out you know.
(Pause)
I love you.
(pause, she pulls herself together and goes on)
ok heres a new one… BETTY Lynette Ann Doyle Betty - died Thursday November 6, 2008 at home surrounded by family and friends, following a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents Bob and Ramona Doyle. She is survived by her sons Samuel Stafford Betty and Louis Robert Betty, her granddaughter Kaylin Lynette Betty, her sister Dr. Ramona Doyle (Dr. Amy Kindrick), her brothers Robert B. Doyle (Michele) and Britt Doyle (Suzy) and beloved nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held from 2 until 3PM on Saturday November 22…
hmm she’s got a lot of names…this could take a while
(she still thinking when the lights go down)
1 comment:
"A man named james but called pete"
I dont know why. But I absolutely love that.
There is so much there, perhaps I'm over analyzing but who gives a fuck. :-D
It tells me that we have permission to change.
That we can be one way- wired one way- labeled one way. But if we don't like that, make ourselves into something else- evolve.
If nothing else, humanity has taught us that life is about creating who we are and who we want to be.
Thought, denying yourself is a truly heartbreaking and sad sight to see in another person-it's what makes us human.
The ability to never settled for who we are, until we become what we desire.
We could be born James, but die Pete.
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