Tansy Undercrypt posts regularly on Facebook with a short story of the day. She writes in the slightly macabre and often with a twist at the end, but inevitably they are wonderful stories (would that I could write as well). I submit this story which she posted yesterday (all her copyrights, of course) as it hit on the post I made yesterday, almost as if she had seen my writing:
"Phil cared for every animal dumped out at the junkyard. He tended to their injuries (that first aid class at the community college had always come in handy), kept them safe (made warm and comfortable shelters out of scraps of this and that, heated with a caged lamp insert that he ran minimally off of a solar-charged generator), and fed them (he'd studied what they needed for basic nutrition online and sourced great deals on bulk ingredients around town). "We are going to have a great day!" Phil would say, dishing up breakfast. "We are going to snuggle in and sleep well!" he'd whisper after dinner time. Phil did a great job running the junkyard; it mattered less and less every year that he'd wanted to be an engineer. Things happen. Dreams change, end, and give way to other things. Eventually, he decided to concentrate on building a life that he could stand. "Got a great thing here," Phil cooed to a tiny little cat he'd found cowering under an old car door. "I know a bit about being lost and found.""
(Copyright Tansy Undercrypt 2017)
Yes! I am Phil. LOL...it's true though, I had all these aspirations before...now none of them even matter, I'm not a "success" in society's eyes, but do I care? Nah. I'm happy. My life is uncomplicated, simple, nature-oriented and loving, it's the secret to my happiness :))
ReplyDeleteIs that not the best short story on the subject ever? I love it.
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