The Crrrack of Dumb — The Story of a Writer Pathetique and Her 5 Wishes
Buddhist Quote for the Day # heck if I know
It’s the crack of dumb, and I have finally reached my wit’s end.
Last night I didn’t sleep. My system went into a kind of shock, and I couldn’t even keep water down. Rebound Covid is causing me to lose my wits. It’s sucking the wits right out of me.
I’ve always relied on my wit. When troubles mount, my wit figures it out. When hope seems gone, my wit carries on. When life brings me down, My wit spins that frown around. I count on it, my wit, my friend. But where is wit when at the end?
So I do get 5 wi(t)shes don’t I?
I wish I could harbor thoughts in this brainbucket a little longer. I wish to have the improvisational intelligence to think, say, or do the right thing at the right time in the right place. I wish I had a genie. I wish I had buckets and buckets of wishes yet to come true. I wish to make a joyful noise into the void.
I hereby bequeath my — wait a minute — I plan on using my body until it’s completely burnt to white ash, so no need to be an organ donor.
Perhaps it’s time to work on the headstone. (Here is where said writer tries to put together enough active brain cells — ones that are not occupied in frantically trying to keep the organism alive — to create a lasting piece of great literature.)
“You Think This Piece of Rock Can Keep Me Down?”
“Here lies an addled-brained lazy bum who at the end found witless fun.”
“Goodbye. I was a writer. You’d think I’d have something wittier to say. The End.”
See, I told yah. At least I didn’t reach the end like Sanjay Shah, the CEO of Vistex. While trying to make an elaborate entrance to his company party, he managed to fall out of an iron cage when part of the chain supporting the structure snapped. He landed on a concrete cushion 15 feet below. That must have hurt and must have been pretty embarrassing too. I might think twice if I was looking for a company to manage my money. They seem to be prone to grave errors. On his tombstone:
“I Made Some Good Deals, and Some Bad Ones. I Really Went in the Hole With This One.”
“H. Dumpty. I was pushed!”
“A Grave Error on My Part Caused Me to Fall Short of Expectations. Ouch! (I’ll Do a Safety Check Myself Next Time).”
“I Finally Won Something — The Darwin Award, Really?”
“I Took a Fall From Greatness. Alas, I Couldn’t Break the Law of Gravity.”
Today’s Buddhist quote:
Those who are serious about fulfilling their responsibilities naturally make careful preparations. Crude, impractical planning is a sign of a lack of sincere commitment to success.
— Daisaku Ikeda (from Quotations by Daisaku Ikeda)
Looking squarely at my mortality isn’t something I care to do. It smacks of dead ends and lifeless boring parties. Why go there? Yet having Covid does give me pause, at my age, to think about things I’d rather not. Okay, I’ll order the 5 wishes kit.
Keep the faith.