Putting messages in bottles is about hope, right? That against the odds, someone will find it, read the message, and answer it somehow.
So when I post, it's a little like that. Except I always expect to get that answer even though I know it can't happen, so it's not like I"m hoping. Still, there the answer
isn't, and it's like running flat out into a wall.
When the hell did I learn to
expect? It's a bad habit. I should stop.
Still, tonight I found myself at a very small Halloween party. There was a superheroine and a cowboy and a guitar player. They fed me a lot of food and beer and sang three different birthday songs. I didn't expect any of it. And if it wasn't perfect, it was only because perfect was impossible, not because none of us tried hard enough.
I miss you, Harpy. I miss you, and it's not fucking fair, and if someone told me God needed you more than I do, that someone would get a face full of knuckles. But I have to stop expecting, don't I? No matter what I post, that comment isn't coming. The bottle comes back empty.
I have to remember all the things you can do with an empty bottle.
Also, I probably shouldn't drink that much beer.