A Wonderful Guy
Feb 26th, 2010 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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At some point in his late sixties, his life became a cliche.
Most afternoons were spent on the park bench, feeding the pigeons. He stopped buying clothes more than a decade ago. He was mortified at wearing anything that might be considered fashionable, for fear of being laughed at.
He voted Republican. He drove a Cadillac, erratically. He visited the cemetery every Sunday.
Even his children knew their roles, urging him to move into a nursing home.
So close to the end, these routines were all he had left. That, and his memories of playing the lead in South Pacific.
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