Delirium or Card Shark?A Story by Gray Witch Maybe there's method in her madness . . . Playing cards tonight and I will indubitably lose. I would bet good money
on it.
My sister Dale is always my partner.
She says that’s just so I can ‘yell’ at her. Okay, we’ll go with that reason,
but I have a few others. She’s a little less competitive by nature than I am. For
example, she doesn't really care if we win or lose. She just “enjoys the game,”
she claims.
She does, however, get mad
at me when I ‘yell’ at her when she nods off while dealing. Since the ‘naps’
are only short ones she doesn't understand what all the fuss is about...
The doctor did a myriad of
tests on her to no avail. I guess that is a good thing because it ruled out all
the biggies that could cause such behaviours such as brain tumours, dementia, Alzheimer's,
stupidity .. The list is endless.
Looking at some of her
symptoms one could think she has a form of ‘delirium’. She is said to smell of
sweat, late nights, sour wine, and old leather. Ooops, that’s the Delirium of
the comic strip. Sorry Dale.
Just kidding, her symptoms
actually rule out this as a diagnosis so we’re still looking for a cause. This
is like trying to find something lost and looking EVERYWHERE except where it is
eventually found. The proverbial needle in a haystack.
Maybe it’s just a function
of her altered sleep pattern… She tells me that she stays up almost all night
so she isn’t lonely during the day. Her reasoning is if everyone is asleep at
night they couldn’t be visiting her anyway so being alone isn’t so depressing. And
then, of course, when it is daytime and they could visit but don’t, it is
because jobs, school and other understandable but mundane things, interfere. That
is when she sleeps. Evenings when we play cards is a dusk sort of space-time
continuum for her…
Well only time will tell
what tonight will bring. One thing’s for certain though, no one playing will
let me use the air horn I bought especially for her… My bet is that Chip and
Phil wouldn’t much like it either (g)… © 2013 Gray WitchReviews
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Gray Witch...Meanwhile back in Canada...near Niagara Falls, Ontario.............. (<-------------¯_(ツ)_/¯ wavin'), CanadaAboutMs Daniels, (AKA - GrayWitch) is an Environmental and Social Activist, Communications Consultant to local and provincial governments, and former Nurse. She has studied Sociology, Criminology and Devia.. more..Writing
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