"Just Me?"
Written on June 15th, 2018
By Grandpa Ricky
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"Gone are the days of 'Yesterday.'
"And, welcome to 'The New Millennium!"
"Cars go faster and last no longer and even run on this 'Bolt Thing!'
"I'm happy riding my Kent...
"Got him after Barbie was spent!"
...
"From transportation to me?"
"Well, let's see?"
"I'm not as smart as I used to be but that is normal for a man of Sixty Three!"
"Even got most of my teeth and all of my hair...
"No way am I ready for 'Nursing Home Care!"
...
"Guess it's just a 'Gene Thing?'
"Being the way that I am?"
"Living in my...
'Grandious World' of do as I can't...
"Never as I can!"
...
"Well, anywho?"
"Raised four, good, women and one amazing young man but...
"He was taken away...
'The Day God Came?'
"*Understand?"
...
"Today, I still wonder why the lights went **Out?"
"And, why the Sheriff Deputy Signposted a note on my door?"
"Get the Fuck out Cause your crooked Mortgage Company is less than pure!"
(Who could ask for anything more?)
"But getting used to this SHIT."
"Just call me 'Mister Evicted!"
"Better than...
'Mister Predicted?'
"And, I'm actually writing this by the light of a cell phone and lantern!"
"Runs on three Double A'S and an occasional Oreo!"
"Nope, that's for me!"
...
"In closing...
"My grandson Alexander Valle calls me 'Poppa' to this Very Day!"
"Guess I got one thing right but thats okay."
"Don't see much of my other three grands?"
"Does that make me...
'Mister LOSER?'
"And not a 'Mister Winner?'
"They probably wonder and my Step-by-Step Daughter Kyle Erin Harbach Drum probably calls me...
'Late For Dinner?'
...
"But there will always be Alex and Me and that's okay you see?"
"Cause I'M always gonna be...
"Just Me?"
Approximate Word Count: 315.