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Unread 12-25-2017, 02:13 AM
John Isbell John Isbell is offline
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Santa and Bruce

It’s late, and Bruce has left the Earth. I got
the news as Santa sped through Heaven with
his bright red bag of presents. Everywhere
that you’ll find Christians, people are asleep
with projects for the morning. In the town
of Boston, it is bitter cold, and Santa
will welcome his red suit. Bruce was a man
to share a thought on Santa, for he had
a thought on almost anything. If you
had a sink or garage to fix, he knew
just how to do that, and would set to work
as if it were a pleasure, in the way
that he worked on his garden, or advised
a driver how to drive their car. The world
made sense to Bruce, and filled him with delight
when he spoke of its oddities, its quirks
and foibles, of what made it tick. He loved
to talk to people. Bruce was on his way
through Heaven when death took him, for he was
expected in South Texas. But the heart
that pushed blood through his arteries, and filled
the folks who met him with his presence, gave
out at the last. What Santa brings a man
is often a surprise. He brought to Bruce
a range of qualities, such as the gift
of dwelling in the memory. And then
he brought an end to pain. But Bruce had gone
through life without complaining. Things to fix
got fixed, what needed doing, done. Perhaps
that sleigh has room for a companion. Bruce
would surely have ideas to make the ride
go faster, and be truer to its dream.

25.xii.2017

R.I.P.
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