{"id":1365,"date":"2006-09-06T20:25:42","date_gmt":"2006-09-07T00:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2006-09-06T20:25:42","modified_gmt":"2006-09-07T00:25:42","slug":"dream-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/2006\/09\/06\/dream-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Roy, Bruce and Bonnie<\/p>\n

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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve written twice before about George (called Georgia) who stands guard at Concord Lumber and checks to see if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve filled your truck with more than what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve paid for. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eighty-two and never stops smiling, unless he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s discussing politics which I avoid like road kill. He works because he likes people, and that can be a problem. There is no whizzing by Georgia – he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a talker, and sometimes the only relief is the truck that pulls up behind mine.<\/p>\n

It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not that I mind our talks – they are always pleasant and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always cheerful, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just that in theory I have some other place I need to be. This morning was a little different. Not in the length of our conversation, but in content.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153How\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s your sister?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I ask. (She has Alzheimer’s)<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153About the same. They gave her a new drug, but it didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work. About the same.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sorry to hear that.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153People can live for years with it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

I thought it odd that he said \u00e2\u20ac\u0153people\u00e2\u20ac\u009d when we were talking about his sister.<\/p>\n

But then he opened up on me.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Life is fucking misery.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Life is what?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fucking misery. You get sick, people get old, your wife leaves you, your kids leave you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What are you talking about?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I knew what he was walking about, cause he was singing my tune, but his own song and dance has always been so upbeat. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You know what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m talking about. Life is a one way street. We all know where it ends. I never used to think this, but If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re young and you can have a good time, have it. If you see something you want – get it. Cause it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll all end anyway.<\/p>\n

I picked up my black pack, put it on the side of my face and leaned down onto the passenger side seat. From under the pack I cried, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Enough, enough.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to hear this? Then go nail up your plywood.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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