Lost and found is my eureka! blog, my rediscovery of my short fiction and poetry submissions published in literary magazines and university literary journals some decades ago. Interspersed, occasionally, with more recent, hitherto unpublished pieces.
Is it not paradoxical, odd, at the very least - come on, admit it - in all seriousness, that hatch-and-dispatch notices are co-located in the daily newspaper? Some wag obviously pioneered that tradition to represent a standby, someone with an arch sense of humour, no doubt. The juxtaposition says it all - life's trajectory; inevitable, unavoidable - do your best, this offer is no experiment. Furthermore, placed in the Lifestyles Section of the paper?
Wait, there's more. Haven't you noticed? Another wag has placed an advert for Travel Insurance on the Memorials/ Remembrance page. Who knew one requires that too, to speed us on our way, Gadzooks! And here we had the impression that the heavenly escalator went either up or down - it's St. Peter's call, after all, isn't it? Is the travel insurance a kind of discreet bribe proffered up there?
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