The Game That Never Ended

By Bill Lumbergh

Adam Sokedhmself entered a game that has lasted nearly a decade. It all started 10 years ago when he was in his room drawing abstract art and crying (common occurrence). That very same day, Adam looked out his window to see a cat staring right at him. Prior to that, Adam saw on the sidewalk spelled out in cursive, in coughed up hair balls……the words “Staring contest is on”

Here we are a decade later and Adam and this cat have had a staring contest that never seems to end. Adam had this to say, “Look, there is absolutely no reason to call me weird for staring at a cat and a cat staring at me for the last decade……sure, it seems pretty ffffd up….I gotta be honest here for a second….I want to win….I quit my job….stopped paying most of my bills…….of course I got  divorced and strongly considered becoming gay…….and yes, I love purple murals….anyways…..I am gonna win this!”

His parents had this to say and admittedly were brief, “We have a son?” His brother David also wanted to chime in, “To be honest, always thought he was straight when many people thought he was gay?” His sister Ester had some final words, “Adam ffffd the lawn in broad daylight in high school….need I say more…..I still love him and my cat Carly!”