Tuesday, November 3, 2015

"Farewell" (Part 2 of 2)

 
“Camelot! Sweet Camelot! I searched in vain as though thee had never gone!”
 
Over the next several weeks, an ever-efficient United States
Postal Service, oblivious  to the random comings and goings of
its myriad patrons made three posthumous deliveries to departed
Jim at his daughter, Tracie’s, address. Still in a dazed malaise at
the inconsolable  loss of her father, the girl placed them in a “special”
 box which, she declared, she’d review some day in the future. Not now.
 
Some time after, but before a full year had passed announcing the
grievous anniversary of his passing, she and her siblings gathered
to view the contents of the cache. Among the modest horde mostly
of “too late” arrived-mail, they found three Happy Birthday cards:
 
Coach Jim: So glad you looked me up; what a nice surprise to see
you after such a long time. You will always hold a “special” place
in my heart. Happy Birthday! Your dear friend, forever, Nancy
 
Jimmy-boy! Thanks for the book; it’s a real page-turner history;
could not have done better, myself. Thanks for visiting me. I hope
you’ll come again, soon. Happy Birthday!  Avery (You were right)
 
Jim-bo! Happy Birthday! Mon Amie! ’Til next we meet! Love, OCG
 
Camelot-found! Camelot-lived! Camelot-loved! Camelot-reclaimed!
 
Amen!


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