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Anyway, so I was sitting behind my desk contemplating whether I should go home or not or whether I should just grab the bottle from my top drawer and spend the night on the couch. The friggin couch. Sometimes I wish I could just lie there and tell people about my problems. Sheesh. What problems are a head shrinker allowed to have? If my wife knew the half of what goes on in this city... but nevermind that. I poured myself two fingers of Johnny Walker and did what I always do - contemplate. What's a shrink to do?

That's when she walked in. No, not Tricia, my secretary, and not my wife Nora, but two beautiful legs that seemed to go on forever. She had auburn hair and doe-like green eyes that were misted with the tears of only minutes before or at least what seemed like the tell tale signs of running eyeliner. She was a doll. Somewhere in Heaven there was a sad broad with beautiful auburn hair pictured in countless "lost child" posters all over the place and needed a ride back.

I could only look at her as she sat down in the leather chair opposite from me. I casually lit a cigarette and began to ask her how she felt when it occurred to me that Tricia was gone and that no one should have been able to even get into my office, let alone have an unscheduled thearpy session past midnight. "This is just too much," I quietly told myself as I slouched in my chair and prepaired myself for the typical stories of a father that was never there and a mother that ignored the beatings from her husband just like she ignored her children. All the lies. The constant fimiliarity with cruelty.

She was sobbing. Totally hysterical, but aren't dames always hysterical? I wanted to ask what the hell she was doing breaking into a psychiatrist's office in the middle of the night when she said, "Doctor..... please...... my father...... is missing......"

Tune in for part two next time I get lit. LOL
 
Did you know there is a University of Colombo in Sri Lanka?

Your graduation gown is an old raincoat.

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Gray liked the feel of the cool damp air caressing his cheeks. He heard the soft rustle of the breeze winding through the redwoods and the echo of a woodpecker hammering a tree in search of breakfast. He hopped over a damp log his bare feet landing confidently in the soft soil.
He was watching a banana slug slide through the mulch when he heard them coming. “Squats” he murmured and shook his head. “Making their usual racket.” He wondered how they could live wrapped up in their little sphere of babble and nearsightedness. Did they notice anything outside of their own small selfworld?
He smiled at the giggles of the sprout as it bounced down the trail. The little squat plodded awkwardly on his short chubby legs.
“Runsler stop.” The tall squat shouted. His boots sprayed mud as he ran awkwardly towards the young one.
The female squat screamed when the little one tumbled roughly down the side of the trail. His head slammed against a granite slab and he came to an abrupt stop.
“Runsler!” the female screamed as she scrambled down the embankment. The male was three steps in front of her but Grey knew it was useless. The lifespirit was already departing the boy. He turned quickly when he heard Floroo’s voice whisper softly in his ear.
“I know what you are thinking. Don’t do it Grey. It is just too much to surrender for the life of one selfish little squat.” She was there by his side reaching out to rest her arm on his square shoulder.
Grey was already moving forward. To surrender your life for that of another was the way for a true close one like him. He knew his life would be forever changed but still he didn’t hesitate. He was there before the two large squats could reach the sprout. He hopped on the little one’s back and joined his lifeforce with the departing spirit. He felt his lifeforce reach out and pull the departing life. Whoa, his strength poured out from him as the little one opened his eyes and sobbed. He jumped nimbly to the earth when the little fellow sat up and blinked.
Runsler was looking right at him and Grey knew the small squat could see him. They had been joined.