Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Parent Talk

Dear Mom and Dad,

               How nice of you both to float by in the clouds together.  We really need to talk.  You’d be proud of me voting for a half-white guy for President and he won!  Sorry to report that the good old boys still run the roost.  I know when you were down here I went a little overboard with your ultra-liberal beliefs and became a rebellious, law breaking youth.  But, you taught me how special I was and implied that life was fair.  Well, I have learned I am as unique as one blade of grass on the football field, one grain of sand at the beach or one drop of water in the ocean.  I also have learned that life isn’t close to being fair.  Why did you try to hide the crap that was bound to land on me?
               But, that’s not what I want to talk about right now.  You had such high hopes for me, so I need to come clean with what’s been going on down here.  I hope you are both settled up there in the convergent zone because this is big news.  As much as you were hoping I would turn out different, I am not gay.  I like girls.  I hear you saying “Good grief, where did we go wrong?”  Maybe you can quit using the term “good grief” now because there is no good in grief.  I have more to get off my chest while you are here.  I met a girl and I like her and she’s white, like us.  I am sorry to disappoint you, but inter-racial grandbabies may not be seeded by me into this grand melting pot experiment called America.  By the way,  I have been having nightmares imagining you two doing the same things she does to me. 
So there it is, I am out of the closet.  I had to clear the air.  Go ahead and rain on my parade if you want, that’s what clouds do.  But, I feel the wind kicking up again, so you better hurry up.  Hope you float by again real soon.       

7 comments:

  1. Hummm, what have you been imbibing? Here I thought you were a (pale) black gay man. I guess I had better redesign my image of Glenn.

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  2. While you're at it add a wooden leg, glass eye, a missing ear and nails longer than Genghis Khan.

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  3. Glenn, Just now, I found your exceptional blog via the greg Brown yahoo discussion group. With the wonderful post to parents i see I have found another pot of gold in the middle of my rainbow. Thank you for hsaring your gift. I olook forward to raeding all that's here and hope for more to come!

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  4. whoops I forgot to SLOW DOWN and spell check-my excuse- I'm new at this posting on blog stuff:-)

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  5. I am flattered and honored by your praise, Iasun. Thank you. I intend to keep sharing my thoughts, opinions and imagination.

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  6. Ah shucks, I like you too. I'm still trying to figure out who I am.

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