It IS Really Over

Welcome to The Spot Writers.

May’s prompt: ‘Is it really over?’ It could refer to the pandemic, or the war in Ukraine if a miracle happens and it’s over by the time you write your piece, or anything else that lingers too long.

Catherine A. MacKenzie’s novels, WOLVES DON’T KNOCK, a psychological drama, and MISTER WOLFE, the darkly dark sequel/stand-alone novel (18+), are available on Amazon.

Cathy continues with Melvin. This month, he’s on a rant. Not much he can do but rant and rave...

 

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It IS Really Over

by Cathy MacKenzie

 

I’m so done with this world. Can’t think. Can’t sleep. My boss at Centrix is threatening to fire me if I don’t shape up. Marie is threatening to divorce me. My two remaining kids are threatening to leave home, wanting to follow in William’s footsteps.

So many threats. Too many!

Where will that leave me?

I know THAT answer: I’ll be out on the street: no job (ergo: no money), no wife, no kids. No nothing!

I must become a better person. Marie tells me that non-stop!

But how? I can’t stop Covid, which is still prevalent. I’m not a scientist, a chemist, or a researcher who’s discovered a magical cure for the virus.

I’d fly to Russia and shoot Putin dead to the ground if I could. Ha! I don’t even possess a gun (guns are pretty well banned in Canada), not that I’d know how to use one if I had access to one.

I can’t control world markets—the sad spiralling descent of the stock market.

None of this is over. Not by a longshot.

On top of all that, it was a long, hard winter. Marie and I, along with our daughters, Sophie and Penny, contracted Covid. Worst flu-type virus ever despite being fully vaxxed. I pray none of us suffer long-term effects. The pandemic is far from over.

But... I do see one proverbial light at the end of the tunnel: summer.

Summer! It IS coming. It’s mid-May. Damp, rainy spring seems to be over though we could use a few downpours for our lawns and gardens. Winter has to be over, right? Enough of minus temps and cold hard snow.

And what does summer bring? Kayaking and Kailani!

Time very soon for my Blue Origin to emerge from the cabin by the lake. And, from the depths of the ocean, my very own mermaid: Kailani. Her name came to me in a dream while I was bed-ridden with Covid. It means “sea and sky,” which is fitting since she lurks at both. If you’ll recall my past adventures, she’s taken me from the sea, high into the sky, and safely back to shore. I have no doubt she and I will have more fun adventures this summer.

Stay tuned! Winter really IS over!

 

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The Spot Writers—Our Members:

Val Muller: http://www.valmuller.com/blog/

Catherine A. MacKenzie: https://writingwicket.wordpress.com/wicker-chitter/

Phil Yeats: https://alankemisterauthor.wordpress.com

Chiara De Giorgi: https://chiaradegiorgi.blogspot.com/