The Love Song of A.M. Hitchen (with a tip of the hat to T.S. Eliot)
Twice weekly for a year she drives past the taxidermists' and can't help but see the stiffened formaldehyde mammals on display. She would not pursposely choose this route - it is necessary. She is broken and physiotherapy has become her religion. She touches her rigid back and thinks of the animals: hardened, immobile.
Perpetual inertia.
Monday, 14 September 2009
The Things People Say
Some quotes that caught my attention, and their source.
"Jesus was a social worker, and look what happened to him."
- A friend's grandfather, on learning that she was going into social work.
"So sorry to hear your beloved Missy is no longer with us. Life is full of disappointments"
- My grandmother, on learning that I had to put my cat down.
"I don't care what you're trying to say - it isn't possible to 'accidently' buy three bags of chips!"
- A mother to her 10 year old daughter, overheard at the swimming pool
"Why is my watermelon so expensive!"
- Shouted like a statement by a man to the cashier at the grocery store
"Jesus was a social worker, and look what happened to him."
- A friend's grandfather, on learning that she was going into social work.
"So sorry to hear your beloved Missy is no longer with us. Life is full of disappointments"
- My grandmother, on learning that I had to put my cat down.
"I don't care what you're trying to say - it isn't possible to 'accidently' buy three bags of chips!"
- A mother to her 10 year old daughter, overheard at the swimming pool
"Why is my watermelon so expensive!"
- Shouted like a statement by a man to the cashier at the grocery store
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