Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Sad Goodbyes

My father lay on his deathbed, the victim of a freak teleportation accident which merged his body with the frame of a red 10-speed bicycle.

Communicating through a brass threaded pipe nipple, I couldn't bring myself to tell him the truth before he passed: that I hadn't actually been awarded the Medal of Honor as some Internet blogs had reported, but the Bronze Star instead.