Anacondas, Idiots, Gratitude
Sitting on the couch later that night, I sent Talmadge a
picture of a young man in a giant rodent costume.
‘Thinking about those anacondas in the Everglades,’ I typed.
‘Got an idea for a side business.’
‘Selling costumes?’ Talmadge wrote. Eye roll emoji.
‘Picture a Halloween party. Your son-in-law in this costume,
drunk by the water’s edge. Hungry snake with poor eyesight swims by…’
Talmadge wrote, ‘We sell people a chance to get rid of the
idiots in their lives!’ Laughing emoji.
As we texted back and forth, I laughed, but I also realized
how much I was going to miss him. I thought of other people I missed.
“I try to be grateful for the time I got to spend with
someone I liked enough to miss,” I said to the dog, “but it’s not always easy.”
Today I’ll try to be grateful for the time I got to spend with
people I miss.
Fawlty Showers 2
is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you
might know is purely coincidental.
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