The Morning
Afterwards ©
By
Michael Casey
Well it’s
a few days after the USA Election, and I start a new container file for my
words, as Word cannot handle 1,640,000 words or so, which means the dustbin of
my words with now be two dustbins. I did tell Microsoft before when 1,000,000
words seemed to be too much. So here and now I’m telling them I’ve hit the roof
again. Feel free to give me free Word for life on multiple devices. Though I
won’t hold my breath, it’s more likely Jeff Bezo gives my daughters free books
for life, or the Pope, Trump and Putin really were in a band with Theresa May.
Though I did write a story about a band with all 4 in.
Reality
can really be stranger than fiction, hang on a second, a Yul Bremner, Kojak
look alike is at my door, who ordered pizza?
So I
want to amuse you all, and cheer us all up, the USA Election has been so
draining, through the swamp still remains, and I’m over here in Birmingham
England. The view from afar seems no better. But thank God multiple vaccines are
arriving, and Warp speed did NOT fund it. Let’s be honest about it. So the day
my Angel Gabriel arrived from Greece was the same day the vaccine news arrived,
yesterday 9th Nov 2020.
So
everybody has a sore head, and a huge sigh of relief goes up the world over. So
how many morning afterwards have you had? My Kdrama about shoes, I do I do
revolved around a one night stand, as usual
it was very funny, and did remind us a woman does not need a man to depend on. She
can decide for herself. Though in Kdrama land there are many many twists and
turns, which are very funny, as well as being touched with pathos. An older woman, with a whimp of a man, what should she
do, and did love grow afterwards, instead of first. I really
do recommend Kdramas, I watch in Korean with subtitles, but you could
change the settings.
There
are other morning afterwards, alcohol and celebrations can cause regrets, but sometimes
you really do need to do things, My Way,
and have no regrets. You can spend your life putting up with rubbish, a bad
boss, or another kind of bully. You bite
your lip or say nothing, so the bully gets bigger. I’m more assertive now than
when I was younger, they say you mellow with age, for me “rage” is bigger now
compared to when I was younger. Before I had a target, saving to get a house,
then working hard for my young kids, working long shifts galore, 14 years of
nights included, up to 12 hours on a night shift too.
But you
do what you have to do for your target and for your family, as you watch others
drink, smoke and more while you do the
chores. Now I’m just the penniless Writer sitting here talking to you all, I’m
at home, all I can do is write, as my pained life edges forward to what? More
pain, and lots and lots of words. Though I do want to make you smile and laugh,
so I’ll mine my memories and put pictures in your head. I do look more like
Santa now if I don’t shave, like in yesterday’s photo with Gabriel my new Angel
from Greece. So when I go to the shops dressed in red, passing children wonder
is that Santa, mommy? Still wearing my shades, like a bad Santa. And the quick-thinking
mothers tell their kids to behave or Santa won’t come.
Quick
thinking cats, attack the turkey at Christmas,
my own mum had to hide our turkey in the pantry, and cut out a piece where
Jean our black cat had gotten to it, or else throw it all away. That same cat
always knew when it was Sunday because she got the giblets from the chicken for
20 years, starting nearly 60 years ago.
Jean also climbed our tiny box Christmas tree and it came tumbling down,
otherwise she sat on the old box tv, as all the valves made it hot, cat not on
a hot tin roof, but on a switched off tv, an early tv critic. And when she
poohed indoors when used the same corner of the living room. Totoro my cat, is
cleverer and poohs in the bath, she is self-taught, because she is bright, a
bilingual cat.
I could go
on about cats, instead I’ll direct you to The Bad Cat that Wasn’t which is a
nice story, touched with sadness, but still a good read. As well as my Lech
Boris and Gregorgi stories, my Slav friends really do make me laugh, and any
Russian readers should hit Translate and try the stories with Polish/Ukrainian/Russian
first cousins from Popaloffoff. One day a cartoon or even live action film
could be made, so Putin make it so.
Also look at the Queens Gambit a series on tv,
where the finale is so great, playing
chess in the park with old Russian men, was truly wonderful. We are blessed
nowadays with so much choice, so Covid times have been a curse, but the silver
lining has been the tv. Yes, I know what you are all saying, but you have to be
positive, otherwise our Spirits will stay in the dumps. We must all rise again,
the morning after Covid, there is Sunshine again. From the flowers in the dirt
we will look to the stars again.
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