[006. Envy]
How do you know it's you birthday if you've died. Is your birthday when you woke up, undead and not living?
She stands at the edge of the greeting card aisle, looking longingly at the card she's never going to receive again. Her parents died long ago and her siblings left shortly thereafter. She's the only one left, alone and lost.
Or is it the day you were actually born. Where is the distinction made?
A man is picking out a card for his wife. Another for his daughter. A woman flips through cards for a sick friend, presumably. And a little girl holds up a Father's Day card to show to her mother for approval.
Is there a precedent for birthdays after death? It's not as if I can ask anyone who's been there before. Has anyone been there before?
She stands at the edge of the greeting card aisle, and no one notices her. Not because she's not there, but because they don't notice.
Am I the precedent? If so, that kind of sucks.
She envies their simplicities.
She stands at the edge of the greeting card aisle, looking longingly at the card she's never going to receive again. Her parents died long ago and her siblings left shortly thereafter. She's the only one left, alone and lost.
Or is it the day you were actually born. Where is the distinction made?
A man is picking out a card for his wife. Another for his daughter. A woman flips through cards for a sick friend, presumably. And a little girl holds up a Father's Day card to show to her mother for approval.
Is there a precedent for birthdays after death? It's not as if I can ask anyone who's been there before. Has anyone been there before?
She stands at the edge of the greeting card aisle, and no one notices her. Not because she's not there, but because they don't notice.
Am I the precedent? If so, that kind of sucks.
She envies their simplicities.