TWILIGHT

RIGHT IN-BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK. PRETTY MUCH RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE AT AGE 70. RIGHT BETWEEN BREATHING AND NOT-BREATHING. SOME DAYS LEANING MORE TOWARD NOT-BREATHING. DEATH IS NO BIG DEAL. PARTICULARLY FOR THE DEAD. THE DEAD DON'T CARE. AS FOR ME, THE HALF-DEAD, I THINK THE WHOLE THING IS MIND-BOGGLING. CONFUSING. PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD SHOULDN'T MIND DYING. THEY ARE GETTING WHAT THEY WANT. A FACE TO FACE WITH GOD. HEAVENLY RICHES. NO MORE PAIN. SUFFERING. EVERYONE IS HAPPY AND CAREFREE. NO BAD STUFF. NO GUNS. NO RICH OR POOR. THE ONLY DOWN-SIDE: DEAD. HAPPY AND DEAD DON'T MIX IN MY WORLD. SHOOTING PEOPLE IN A WAFFLE HOUSE PUTS MY FAITH TO THE TEST. I LOVE THE WAFFLE HOUSE. GOOD COFFEE. GOOD SERVICE. AND UNPRETENTIOUS PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT I CALL HEAVEN.