A Tenuous Treaty_A Misguided Memoir_Kenmore Apartments_He who angers you controls you.
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A Tenuous Treaty
A Tenuous Treaty The elevator started to close, but that shouldn’t have mattered. People held elevators all the time, especially when they noticed a straggler, red-faced and puffing with the exertion to make it in time. It shouldn’t have mattered, even though there was only one person within it. It shouldn’t have mattered, since that person saw me. That person smiled, and of course it was malicious. Because it came from Melanie. She waved with her fingers as the doors shut, as I was more than halfway through the linoleum-floored lobby. I halted, caught my bre...
A Misguided Memoir
“A man’s pursuit for wealth and fame is his greatest downfall”What a statement! I hear you exclaim. Please know, dear reader, I’m not intentionally trying to rustle feathers. I’m not trying to make a name for myself and become known for my thinking like the great Aristotle. No, I’m a simple man making a, quite frankly, obvious observation.Although I am now old and suffering from “disease in my legs” (the physician insists it is gout), spending my latter years prostrated on my bed, I have lived a comfortable and fulfilling life. Now that I am almost a cripple, I spend my hours living in the mem...
Kenmore Apartments
“Hey, Steve.”“Hey, Naomi. How are ya?”The conversation was mundane, as usual. Naomi had lived in the same apartment complex for the past three years, and Steve was the maintenwww.onedoor.ccance man that worked on her apartment building. It felt like there was something broken every day these days, but what can you expect from a cheap-ish apartment in New York City? “I’m tired, as always. Any news on when the leak in my apartment is going to be fixed?”“Sorry, no clue. You know the management won’t pay for it unless they have to - leak’s not big enough to matter to them yet.”“Ugh. Can they at least reimburse...
He who angers you controls you.
“ If she’s going to be there, count me out. I’d rather sign up for a colonoscopy and mammogram on the same day than spend another second in that person’s presence,” Anita said as she sipped on her glass of wine.Anita had met up with Todd and Lisa for their weekly lunch at Mortellos and of course, the topic of discussion that keeps coming up is their 20 year high school reunion. She didn’t want to be a Debbie downer, but the idea of attending St. Peter High School’s reunion was something that Anita had been dreading since the Facebook invitation popped up in her notifications 3 months ago. It’s...