A Little Death
The Kid’s favorite gerbil died tonight.
The Wife picked him out of the cage and was holding him when he leapt from her hands. He broke his back, and had to be euthanized at a vet emergency room.
A 3 week old gerbil. The Wife is wracked with guilt. I’m left to wonder Why?
Was it so much to ask? I mean, we have Taliban running around beheading teachers in front of their children. Zarqawi has followers turning themselves into explosives laden pinatas.
But the Kid’s albino gerbil just needs to leap to its death from the Wife’s hands.
I’m overreacting, but those of you who know me know what I’m saying when I say, Just what the fuck is wrong with this world? Is this really necessary?
Who needs Hell when you have Life on Earth? This is Hell.
The Wife once wondered if God had been defeated by the Devil, and that God isn’t all-powerful - Satan is.
