Writing Thoughts from Dreamwidth...

 Can't move ahead in my plot until I decidewhether to pair off my MC

Age Is Not A Personality...

 

Even before I started watching the documentary "Some Kind Of Heaven', just paging through the mixed gauntlet of reviews, I was reminded of a quote from  a friend of a friend on Twitter, namely, “Disability is not a personality.” Not that I’m conflating age and disability  so much except that mainstream America tends to think of both groups as monolithic, childlike people whose every day should happen somewhere between a doctor’s office and some kind of theme park.

I guess the chief takeaway from this film is that retirement, even in sunny Florida with the strains of classic rock in the background, is not a personality either. Bad planners, people who use drugs(Whether for spiritual seeking or some kind of late-in-life hedonism…it wasn’t really clear to my eye though it caused his more straight-laced wife a great deal of embarrassment.  Actual Mom was bored, but I found it to be decent people-watching, in the manner of hanging around the mall back in the day.  I do think the sleeve did create the impression that more would happen within the film, but there's a lot of subtext.

Poem: Deserved

 "I want you to have what you deserve."

Like "for your own good," a loaded pitch.

I can barely pay attention because of my own itch,

restlessly caught, in my mind at least,

between a dank musty cell,

and 300-count sheets with chocolates on the pillow.

Catch me on the right(wrong?) day and either one could be my due.

One day I'm a freedom fighter.

The next I'm indigent scum,

A bumpy ride, and I can't decide

If it's ever

Deserved.