“Feel Heidi Shy” from www.tituspowell.com
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Seneca’s Conscience: Who called, Mika?
Seneca: “No!”
Conscience: “Maggie?”
Seneca: “No, Ashley!”
Conscience: “Ashley!!! What in the world did she want?”
Seneca: “Well, she broke up with her boyfriend Christmas Day, and now I gotta chance! He knocked her around a little, too!”
Conscience: “Mike, what did you tell me about her forearm?”
Seneca: “I know, I know! But she said she’s on methadone now.”
Conscience: “Mike, you know damn well she was shooting up with that asshole!”
Seneca: “Well, ummmm……….Do you remember that body she’s got? She’s sooo slender with those monster ta ta’s! Her body is just a frame to transport those things!”
Conscience: “Dammit, Mike! Didn’t you tell me that her face is so lined it’s like a road map? Mike, what happens to a face exposed to years of cigarettes, crack, and heroin?”
Seneca: “Yeah, but…….Her rent is due and I CAN SAVE HER!”
Conscience: “Here we go again! You just resolved this morning to give up these women! Dammit, you even said you were headed for celibacy!”
Seneca: “But just think about cuddling up with her and caressing that long, blonde hair. I gotta chance to be her boyfriend, for real!”
Conscience: “Mike!!”
Seneca: “Okay, okay! Have it your way!”
Chastised, Seneca conveys his regrets to the lovely Ashley. In a whisper, so that his Conscience cannot hear, he tells Ashley that circumstances may change in the near future, allowing a reconsideration.
Tonight, falling asleep, having honored his New Year’s resolution for a full day, he dreams of holding the tender, young Ashley, and what could have been.
