Wednesday
October 1, 2014
Life on Life's Terms
Hearing
David called to ask me
if I'd heard about Smiley's plans to sue him.
"His selective
hearing is even worse than mine used to be."
"How so?" I
asked.
"Smiley's lawyer
isn't a real lawyer. The guy was a
jailhouse lawyer in some prison in New York. Even he told Smiley if he sued the
company or the union, he wouldn't have much of a case."
"And Smiley only
heard the part about suing the company and the union."
"A couple of years
ago, I would have heard exactly the same thing – just what I wanted to
hear."
"I'm glad your
hearing has improved," I said.
The line fell silent
for a moment before David added, "I hear what Andrea says, and that makes
this the happiest of my three marriages.
But, it kills me that I never heard what my exes and my boys were really
saying. I hear them now."
Today I will be grateful for improved
hearing, even if I don't always like what I hear.
Life on Life's Terms (c) 2014 by Ken Montrose
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Smart Bears, Angry Rats
Epilogue III
Rita died peacefully
in her sleep. Her second marriage lasted
twenty-eight blissful years. She had
resisted remarrying after her miserable first marriage to Sammy. Friends convinced her she couldn't let Sammy
have that much influence over her.
T'Cell and his partner
started their own tech and manufacturing firm, making roller-free copiers that
never jammed. The world rejoiced. When a wave of Lil' Bit abuse swept through
the tech industry, T'Cell instituted a strict drug-testing program for his
employees. He told them what he'd seen Lil'
Bit do to his father. He'd rather they
were healthy and happy than artificially insightful.
Today I will not let people from my past define me.
Smart Bears, Angry Rats (c) 2014 by Ken Montrose
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