Shy and Silent

We sat together in the campus hole in the wall pub You - the greatest academician of all time Me – shy and silent with a thousand questions for you trapped in my brain Now, older and with my conversational skills more honed I would ask you: How was your day? How is your drink? How is that new car working out for you? Then, I would move on to my Vanity Fair interview: Who is your favorite hero? What word do you overuse? What is your most treasured possession? I would also throw in some questions of utmost importance: Hey, what do you think of this crazy world we live in? What do you think of Vonnegut’s theory of why we are even on this planet? And finally, I would ask you: If our friendship were ever to end one day suddenly, would there be at least one chance for redemption?