Kind of Story

Photo of red boxing wraps dangling on the floor.The man was hooked on seeing the rest of the fight, which had just transported from earth to heaven. He was a dedicated Spectator, as only a son can be. So he jumped up and down in a hole, died, and popped up to heaven to watch the end.

When I made the above pronouncement in court, I was asked who was guilty. I said this wasn’t about Guilt, it was about Loyalty, and what we’re willing to carry to completion. In another story, maybe he would’ve become a Farmer, or Watched Sunsets, but it wasn’t that kind of story.

 

 

Jefferson Navicky is a poet and archivist. He lives in midcoast Maine, and is watching a chicken scratch and peck some leaves.

Photo Credit: Paola Kizette Cimenti

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