Conversations Spoken (and Un-Spoken):
A Retired Teacher Returns To His School
Hi, it’s really nice to see you!
(Gee… his hair has grown so thin.)
You haven’t changed one bit!
(So many wrinkles on his skin!)
Oh my… you look fabulous!
(He’s put on a bit of weight.)
Gosh, I envy you.
(Isn’t heart attack a family trait?)
Retirement must be nice!
(Was he always so slow in walking?)
I can’t wait for my turn to come.
(Gosh… he shakes, when he is talking.)
Thomas Wolfe once wrote of going home.
He somberly advised: “You couldn’t.”
But his words missed the point.
It would have been better said,
Had Wolfe written instead:
If you want to return…
“You shouldn’t.”
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