THE START OF ANOTHER DULL DAY
By Peter Woodgate
Here
I am in the laboratory working on my P.H.D. thinking about the Black Death and
holding up the skull of a rat.
It
was the likes of this poor creature that supposedly caused that awful
Plague,
it was, of course, the fleas that lived on the rats that carried the virus but
being blamed for most things the poor old rat copped it. In fact, I would not
be surprised if the latest virus to hit mankind (COVID 19) will eventually be
blamed on “some dirty rat.”
I
am now getting rather bored with this project and turn my attention to the
world outside my window and am aware of a lovely blue sky. This causes my mind to wander and I begin thinking
about my girlfriend Maria, well she is not actually my girlfriend, but, being
the only girl that has ever bothered to talk to me, that’s probably as close to
one that I am ever likely to get.
I
chuckle as I think back to the laughter caused when I called her malaria, well
she always seemed to have a headache, especially when
I
mentioned anything to do with sex. It’s no better now and I am thinking of
re-naming her Virginia
Anyway,
better get on with my studies, although this mind-wandering business has made
me determined to look for the positives in life and I feel sure there is going
to be a rainbow over the next hill. I am looking forward to this huge pot of
gold that we will all find at the end of it.
Reality
kicks in and I am suddenly aware that refraction disintegrates as we pass
through the Brexit rainbow, after all,
Richard Of York Gave
Battle
Copyright Peter Woodgate
Liked the analogy. So you would blame Flea's? Nice one Peter.
ReplyDeleteThank you Len, I like your "over-colour"
DeleteThink the 'dirty rats' alluded to are more likely to be homo sapiens.
ReplyDeleteNice tale with a sting at the end and am not talking about yellow and black flying insects.
Yes Janet; correct on both counts.
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