Wednesday, February 12th, 2020
Sometimes A Man is an Island
The next day Brat Boy texted me. He had a few classes with
Jack’s son KC. KC’s girlfriend was pregnant. KC wanted to drop out of school
and support her while he pursued an acting career. He thought the plan was
terribly romantic. Brat Boy thought KC’s plan was just terrible, and KC should
contact his parents and her parents immediately to come up with a better one.
He wondered what he should do.
Luke’s book arrived. The Titanic, he argued, couldn’t have
been sunk by an iceberg. A ship that big made of thick steel would have pushed
the iceberg aside. He’d added an illustration with an ice cube and a straw. Luke
noted that during the Civil War the English had betrayed the Confederate states
by not siding with them. This made the South and Germany natural allies. He theorized
that Germany gave them the U-Boat that sank the Titanic as the first step in
rearming the Confederacy. The book
included a lengthy chapter on a German prince, his ties to the Knights Templar,
the Masons, and Hitler’s father. I wondered if Luke had smoking meth when he
wrote his book. I had no doubt he’d sell thousands of copies.
Rudy called me to say he was in jail. He was too embarrassed
to call family, and really didn’t have any friends other than MaryJo, who was
in the hospital. He wondered if I could come get him. He’d been arrested after
alerting his stepbrother he was leaving the dealership by setting his
stepbrother’s car on fire. Rudy had only meant to burn an obscenity into the
hood, but had gotten carried away. Several cars in the staff parking lot caught
fire after his stepbrother’s Mercedes exploded. Rudy was proud he’d been stone
cold sober at the time.
“Sometimes the whole world goes crazy at all once,” I said
out loud. “The best I can do is try to be an island of sanity.” I realized I
was talking to myself again.
Today I will try to be an island of sanity.
2020 Vision ©2017 by Ken Montrose
2020 Vision is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the
characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.
Other works by Ken Montrose
are available at: www.greenbriartraining.com
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