The Good News

the good news He walked up and down outside the hospital smoking one cigarette after another worried had she cancer after seven hours the tests were cleared no cancer, but she had an infection, and the shop nearby was open so he could buy a celebratory beer. ( many) Her brother had died a few weeks earlier at the same hospital and he did not want her to go there, yes, he knows it is silly , but you never know what tricks fate can do. Should he lose her, his life will lose its meaning. He planned to die first and not had to bother with a funeral, flowers and fake tears and people telling how wonderful he was which is not true he was a bitter loser. Jealous of other peoples successes he had hoped to be forgotten ashes on a blank urn.