The bearded man telling stories.
If only he could
Pursue a singular vision, attempt to pull meaning and emotions from a recurring theme.
Most of them long forgotten. Buried under a geological dig’s worth of other things.
“What was ______’s life like after ______?” A joke not told.
Unfortunate recipients of his odd impulses. What a tragedy
He imagined a method of removing
His jacket, shirt and undershirt; jeans and underwear; work shoes and socks. Leaving them intact and empty, laid out on the spot where he once stood directly outside the front door.
He was
And then he wasn’t