18.10.21

 
2210  ReggaeFriday  15  10. 21
                                   thats 10:10PM if ones unfamiliar with military time it shouldnt be deemed military credit where credit is due between 147 and 127 BCE before the common era Hipparchus of Nicaea proposed dividing day into 24 equinoctial hours 12 hours of daylight 12 hours of darkness same cat founded trigonometry  

the Canadian military came around to Hipparchus way of thinking in ’27 the United States threw in in ’42 CREDIT WHERE CREDITS DUE


when one thinks of time inevitably they think of life  think of death too
                                                                              he was mindful
he didnt spend an inordinate amount of time thinking of one or the other however recently death in particular had robbed him more times than hed care to admit and those deathstheir deaths have hobbled him
                                                                                                     yet he chooses to remember them everydaygreet them every morning always to remember something upbeatremember exploits he was party to a goodly some only they shared   their secrets
                                                               now only his

death would be a curious experience
                                     he didnt remember his curious experience into lifeHA he wouldnt remember his exit but it would be on his terms if he could help it

he intended to die the animal he was
                                        living in California he could tolerate the weather year in an out without heat without airconditioning it wasnt a matter of paying the bills it was a matter of living closer to the animal he was the animal men and women had been longer than beating the cold with a fire or bearing up to hot weather with ice

modern Americans were less than they had been
                                                     creatures of comfort
he was a creature of discomfort


I am going to die the animal I am

would he have the grit to see it through



12 hours of daylight 12 hours of darkness

1207,  Monday,  18  10. 21

 

 . . . with your whole life ahead of you.

comforting words

whaif  what if a person doesnt have their whole life ahead of them whawords do you utter now

rather than the crapshoot ya told em Ya have your whole life ahead of you
                                                                              too many he knew died overseas
he thought America after the Second World War would have been better served sending the senators representatives the President and his gunho Cabinet over  pat them on their backs tell them You have your whole life ahead of you

 . . . your whole life is a lie
                                  although it does sound something dandy


a friend survived Trump virus

when he thought he was doomed he asked his wife Let me go, please let me go.
                                                                                    she communicated that with the ICU nurses and doctors they removed him gave his bed to someone who didnt vaccinate  they died   without extraordinary help he survived 

he was back to status quo though weaker status quo was contending with dialysis  his kidneys weaker


what would he tell him when he was able to visit through glass at the rehab center  Ya got your whole life ahead of you

hed tell him
            Ya havent had your whole life until it is over You didnt know what was coming your way when you were a teenager a young man Ya hoped but ya didnt know   Every days a gift Read the card Untie the ribbon Unwrap it slowly

Yesterday you didnt know youd make it to today tomorrow ya got no idea about the day after


thats ones whole life

a day at a time

relish it

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