It is an old western town, but inside a large, dry aquarium. I don’t know at this point that I am inside
an aquarium, all I know is that ahead of me, it looks like a dusty main street,
though a ghost town. The remains of a
large billboard advertising Wally’s Tires can be seen. Although some of the sign has been broken
away, You can still read along the bottom edge, "You'll like our tires so much you won't care that we even inflate our prices."
Occasional tumble weeds rolled across the road, and a large,
lumbering Grouper fish made its way through the air, as if it were water. His eyes searched for both food as well as
danger as he made his way down Main street.
All I noticed back at Wally’s was a large jar of colorful jelly Beans sitting
on the counter. They were like
prescription pills, each with their own instructions, Take with food, take
without food, drink lots of water, take 1/2 hour after you're asleep, and avoid the green ones.
What I don’t remember along any of the old stores was a Mrs.
Coffee. I began to wonder if there ever
was a Mrs. Coffee. It bothered me just a
little that I was concerned more with that than with the large fish swimming through
the air. I must have been smelling coffee to make me think of that.
Town nurses were all dressed like cactus, and of course, each
had an endless supply of needles.
Note:
Note:
Side note:
This blog post has been a mental recreation of a triple by-pass procedure. The events and images are real. During the entire process, one doctor purchased a copy of, The Pantry. I believe he displayed exceptional judgement and good taste. It would have been nice to know him back at Signpost #1. He seemed actually authentic.
Z. Corwin
a shelter for battered fish.





2 comments:
Yo - glad you had good drugs for that by-pass!!
SO GLAD YOU ARE BACK!
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