ghoulish  a bit perhapsbut tis the Season   Happy Halloween

it occurred to him that during this past weekseven days he knew of as many birthdays as deathdays of family and friends 

         six birthdays seven deathdays

Why would you know that?

he exhaledtried hard but not too hard  Thawas a stupid question

immediately a burr was under his saddleofcourse it was 

                                                              he meant it to be

Well excuse me all to hell.

he let his child out to playrun barefoot through the cool grassacross the slick autumn leaves 

                                                                                               No  Theres no excuse for you

You suddenly an adolescent?

In this momentyah Ya don think thawas a stupid question  Take a breath an think  then open your mouth 

Why woud I know tha

You woud not

                 Unlike me you do not affix events to daysya didnt realise it was Halloween

immediatelyhe nodded in agreement

                                        You’re right . .

. . I am

           So  thinking about it    Why woud I know tha

Because you lived through themcelebrated them . . mourned them

Yes

You have a terribly long memory.

  Yes 

         There is much life in long memories if we choose to keep them

I do not. 

  No 

        You do not  Ill remember you

he stammered asif he was shot  You’ll remember me?

I will  Ill have to 

                       Because you wont remember me

That’s a terrible thing to say.

Forgetting Halloween today is terrible

1254,  Monday,  31  10. 22

Michael Jackson  Thriller  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA