An Announcement
The obituaries seemed to give some old people a reassurance. The older you get the more significant these announcements take meaning. I never like listening to them, and especially not when I’m relaxed. I once was having fun and the radio played ion the back ground. Then in the middle of everything I heard the cold morbid announcement “Dead is …!” My long time friend since primary school was dead and we were just in our thirties. It hurt that I was having fun and my friend was dead. And the news broadcaster seemed to read it so emotionless! You never know who you will hear met their demise.
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An Announcement At a now old age and scarcely moving around Nanny spent most of her time sitting down And she listened everyday to the radio Noon time keen on the obits for who she might know Not just the decease but their families too Obits can give great insight about who is who Uncle once asked “Elena Lois, must you every day?” Nothing would ever get in her way Come this last week, nanny remained ill in bed Elevated temperature but she still listened for who was
dead Maybe she shouldn’t have, for as she laid still there Eyes close, motionless and from the radio I could hear Name was familiar, Elena Lois is dead, left her
family Then I saw nanny’s little finger raised and she gasped
“Wooa! Not me!” |
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