2668. Life is so fragile © Bruce Goodman 18 March 2023

Dwayne was well aware, as he took his seven heart medication pills every morning, that all he need do was to pop a couple more pills in his mouth and his wife could live happily ever after on their life’s savings. “You know,” said Dwayne to Avril his wife, “all I need do is pop a couple of extra pills into my mouth and I’d be dead meat. Life is so fragile.” “Which pills in particular?” asked Avril. “These ones and these ones,” said Dwayne gesturing to a couple of little plastic jars of pills. Anyway, to cut a long story short, Avril looked a picture of grief at his funeral. Currently she’s in Honolulu with her new boyfriend. Contact Author Back to Index Next Story Previous Story