Saturday, August 1, 2015

Road to Contentment



He is staring down another empty vodka bottle. It seems the universe will not work with him like an angry spouse negotiating a divorce. Day after day he wonders what the point is, same shit different day. People tell him it will all work out, but he wonders what the fuck there is to work out. It’s easy for them to say with their seemingly perfect lives. Walk a mile in his shoes and the soles will be quickly worn out. To say things are bleak for him would be an understatement.  Eating has become a chore that he often neglects; appetite is something of the past.
Then one day he receives a check in the mail that can potentially change his life. Suddenly things will actually work out, he has a brighter outlook which is a very unfamiliar feeling for him. It’s not the money that changes his outlook but rather, something actually fell in his favor for once, which he is not used to. Typically nothing ever works out for him, so often that it is the norm.
Now the question for him: what will he do with his new found fortune…..

To be continued

Peaces and Creases
TBN

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