
(Fire)Billy Ray Brown sat on his favourite arm chair with
his wife Maya perched gently on his lap; taking in both, the warmth from the
hearth & love from his darling. They both held each other worried about the
next day at the mill. The boss had called a union meeting with all the workers.
(Knife cutting tree)There was news about layoffs due to inflation that stung
America, especially the middle class, after the fall of Lehman Brothers that
cost 10’s of millions of Americans their lively hood. Billy looked into Maya’s
eyes and promised, “Baby, I don’t know if I will be fired tomorrow but I
promise you we will have the best Xmas presents for little Johnny.” (Horse
brave as sun)
That night they both didn’t sleep. The next morning all the
mill workers gathered in the building compound. The meeting was about the
layoffs & he was one of them. High School graduate, having met Maya in
school, Billy & Maya fell in love & soon after school they got married.
Billy joined ‘Blue Reckers’, his dad’s job previously & got little John
inside Maya after three years of blissful marriage (Milk bottle). Billy walked
dejected towards the highway thinking of ways to make money for john’s first
Xmas gift. He walked aimlessly until h crossed the curb of an attractive,
pricey gaming parlour. It was filled with bunch of college junkies & uptown
yuppies.
Billy was a champion at balling. He was a champion at
everything fast & easy enough to make money. That’s why maybe Maya loved
him so. He saw little John face & smashed the ball against the set of pins
down the alley & ‘Kaboom’ all down! (Balling pins)Daddy would make John’s
Xmas the best, indeed. (Glowing tree)
beautiful and happy story that one :D
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