Beaky Intercedes
February 25, 2017
G.D.O'Bradovich III
1
If on that grave Monday of July before my senior year, Beaky supernaturally revealed my future, then I would have walked two blocks and waited for the next passing freight train.
Of course, that scenario presupposes that I knew Beaky at that time, his infrequent appearances, and that I would implicitly trust such manifestations.
Being skeptical, I would need to experience situations to know, first hand, whether such outcomes where possible, likely, or preordained.
Of course, that scenario presupposes that I knew Beaky at that time, his infrequent appearances, and that I would implicitly trust such manifestations.
Being skeptical, I would need to experience situations to know, first hand, whether such outcomes where possible, likely, or preordained.
“You knew you were adopted, we told you when you were a kid, remember we said we loved you more, remember your classmates teasing you?”
“Because of long and painful experiences, it is evident family members are not to be trusted, and you will distance yourself from them.”
“Because of long and painful experiences, it is evident family members are not to be trusted, and you will distance yourself from them.”
“Uh...ok?”
“Although I have never seen any questionable behavior, and only have second hand accounts, I, acting unilaterally in persona Christi, will attempt to use guilt and fear to berate you into conforming to my opinions and expectations.”
“Because of this encounter, you will be skeptical of organized religions, becoming a life-long and vocal critic; you will use your intellect to question the supposed source of revealed religions and, in time, you will curtail involvements with those who attend church.”
“Because of this encounter, you will be skeptical of organized religions, becoming a life-long and vocal critic; you will use your intellect to question the supposed source of revealed religions and, in time, you will curtail involvements with those who attend church.”
“Oh...ok?”
“I'm sorry, but your credits from a world class university will not transfer to what was, until twenty years ago, a teachers college.”
“Also, the majority of our students never graduate anyway, and you will never have a degree. You will meander from one mediocre service job to another never finding engaging or worthwhile employment.”
“Oh...ok?”
“Yeah, it looks like for the last several months we've been putting your mortgage payments on your cousin’s truck loan.”
“Because you haven't paid your mortgage, we will foreclose on your residence and your rental property. You will be forced to rent, and any financial security will be gone, eventually, you become homeless for several years.”
“Because you haven't paid your mortgage, we will foreclose on your residence and your rental property. You will be forced to rent, and any financial security will be gone, eventually, you become homeless for several years.”
“Oh...ok?”
“When you become the person I thought you were, I'll be your friend again.”
“Because you have repeatedly, and naively, trusted people, you will question people's ulterior motives, since things are rarely as they seem, which will, firstly, result in people having uninformed opinions about you, and, secondly, result in having no friends.”
“Because you have repeatedly, and naively, trusted people, you will question people's ulterior motives, since things are rarely as they seem, which will, firstly, result in people having uninformed opinions about you, and, secondly, result in having no friends.”
“Uh...ok?”
Even if Beaky allowed a glimpse of these scenarios, they are so incredulous, as to not be subjectively believed, but objectively experienced. Fortunately, for the Gentle Reader, belief regarding these incidents is not needed, as three of the situations are documented by various agencies acting under state authority.
Of course, I did not not respond to those situations with a passive and resigned “Uh...ok.”; I have used this response as an ironic resignation, knowing what I have experienced.
If I had known that from that Bastille Day forward, my life would be as it is; that nothing would go according to plan, that my quality of life would only decline, decade by decade, that nothing would be achieved, nothing accomplished, then the decision to walk two blocks on that foreseen, inevitable, and agonizing day, would have been easy; an appearance from Beaky notwithstanding.
“I kept everything inside”, as Capricorns do, “and even though I tried” to hold on to what I could, and to hold out for improved situations, “it all fell apart.”
We “tried so hard” to accomplish something of value “and got so far”, further than we could have foreseen. Truly, we “had to fall” from where we were, and we had to “lose it all”.
When all things are considered, “in the end, it doesn't even matter.”
Of course, I did not not respond to those situations with a passive and resigned “Uh...ok.”; I have used this response as an ironic resignation, knowing what I have experienced.
If I had known that from that Bastille Day forward, my life would be as it is; that nothing would go according to plan, that my quality of life would only decline, decade by decade, that nothing would be achieved, nothing accomplished, then the decision to walk two blocks on that foreseen, inevitable, and agonizing day, would have been easy; an appearance from Beaky notwithstanding.
“I kept everything inside”, as Capricorns do, “and even though I tried” to hold on to what I could, and to hold out for improved situations, “it all fell apart.”
We “tried so hard” to accomplish something of value “and got so far”, further than we could have foreseen. Truly, we “had to fall” from where we were, and we had to “lose it all”.
When all things are considered, “in the end, it doesn't even matter.”