As I sit here in this lazy boy chair, my hips are being transported to the middle of my back. Mamma is lying in a hospital bed next to me. She is 87 with Alzheimer’s disease, bed-ridden and does a lot of hallucinating. I can handle what she is going through to a point, but this chair on the other hand, is punishing my body to no end. I would rather be trampled upon by hooves of a hundred horses instead of this bone crusher. When mamma goes to heaven, I am going to take this damn chair to hell in the backyard and ignite it into a bonfire. Enough babbling about this forsaken chair and let’s get back to it. As I sit in this paralyzing chair, mamma is dozing off a little bit and I am gazing out the window. Mesmerized by the blowin’ wind against the big tree in front the yard. The leaves are dancing ever so gracefully. The orchestra is so beautiful and peaceful to watch. I’m trying to hear the music playing outside, but it is too hard to hear because of her oxygen machine being so damn loud. I want to hear what the leaves and branches are dancing to. The beauty looks so peaceful and full of grace. I wish I was out there dancing with them. Unfortunately, my tranquil harmony was interrupted by the sound of, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip, pffffft, tweeeet. Mamma’s eyes opened wide, although she can’t see too good, looking around for her imaginary friend and said, “Excuse me, I must be blowin’ wind!” I busted into tears laughing, I couldn’t help myself, I then composed myself and yelled out, “Mamma, that wasn’t you. That was me! I’m sorry.” She answered back with, “It’s okay hun. Well, bless you then!” and closed her eyes. She is going back to sleep and I am back to the broadway play out the window. Thinking to myself, “How stupid am I? I just blew the chance of a lifetime. I could have been blowin’ wind all day long and she was willing to take the blame!” Mamma is back to her slumber, the leaves are still dancing and I’m looking in the yellow pages for a doctor to give me a hip replacement to fix my blowin’ wind problem.

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