It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Saturday, September 25, 2021

Belated Happy Birthday To Scott Fitzgerald: A Love Story

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They met
exactly seven years ago
today
 
Nancy Nguyen owned
three nail salons
 
Clarence Robinson
was a high school
English teacher
 
They met in an elevator
at a retirement home
 
He recognized her
from a birthday celebration
the day before
 
"Belated Birthday Greetings,
young lady," 
he said
 
"Thank you, sir.
My name is Nancy"
 
"My name is Clarence.
You have the same birthday

"That's a funny coincidence."

"Why is it funny?"

"Last night I watched
with Robert Redford
and Vietnamese subtitles"
***

Sorona Beach Gardens
was an "up-scale" retirement home
but not immune to
insect infestation

In the elevator,
both Nancy and Clarence
had something in their hands:
matching cans of RAID
 
With big smiles,
they held up their cans
and tapped them together, 
as if they were beer mugs
 
Nancy invited Clarence
to her apartment
where they compared 
mosquito bites
 
They became lovers
 
That was seven years ago
 
Yesterday,
they were married
in the recreation hall at
Sonora Beach Gardens
 
The groom was 71 years old
and the bride
was also celebrating
her  68th birthday

Wardrobe requirement
for wedding guests had everyone
dressed up like characters
from The Great Gatsby

The dessert tray
included cookies
shaped like
miniature cans of RAID
created by
the same employee
who had eliminated
all the bug problems
of the retirement home
three years ago
 
A splendid time
was had by all
***
 
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
 
The next
GoFather/Fitzgerald
 page is  here 
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2021 at 8:25 AM

    "Matching cans of RAID."
    Nothing that happens on planet Earth is incapable
    of leading to Romance.

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    1. Paul OliverioSeptember 25, 2021 at 8:31 AM

      Well said but the good thing about
      Nancy and Clarence is the Romance
      did not end

      May I use your "Nothing" statement
      as a blog page?

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2021 at 8:33 AM

      Yes you may.

      Delete
    3. Paul OliverioSeptember 25, 2021 at 8:35 AM

      Thank you

      Delete

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