When it hurts to be alive, what do you do? Is death the primary option or are there more? I ponder it, but reach no conclusion. What if death is no surcease of pain or discomfort? What if one's mental agony goes on? Should I write a novel about it? How could that ever be of interest? I suspect it's all been done. There's not, and never has been, anything more boring than descriptions of such cold discomfort--at any rate, I can't imagine it. |
And a Roadrunner, too
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Alice seemed almost as excited about our seeing new birds as we were seeing
them ourselves. On one of the first days we were there, she yelled
“Roadrunner...
15 hours ago
When it hurts to be alive you need to get your doctor to help deal with the pain - if it's pysical - but you know that already.
ReplyDeleteWhen it hurts to be alone you, Ron, have so much talent - put it to use and write, write, write - write to others who feel as you do but have no talent. Your talent should be your crutch, your carrot and your catalyst.
So there! :-P
Is there any more of this?
ReplyDeleteI hope that you have not overlooked that (A) Gatsy wrote this and (B) Gatsby is dead. I inherited his writings, which are an awful mishmash of typed and handwritten notes, of which I publish bits and pieces. The awful truth is that I am using it as filler when I have nothing better to say of my own.
ReplyDeleteOh! I thought Gatsby was your "other" self, Ron. Sorry! I wasn't paying close enough attention. I'm glad it wasn't you! :-)
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