Asked & Answered~278

Unfinished Business ...in 12 lines

Midvale General Hospital, Extensive Care

"Who are you?" Dan Webster asks, waking up from a medicated sleep. 

"Nice wings. You here to take me to a better place?"

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"I'm Michael, and that I am, Dan. What say you shed that bed and come fly with me?"

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"I'd rather stay on this plane awhile longer and finish up my 

bucket list, if it's all the same to you, Michael."

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"It's not. Sorry. But I'm curious. What tops your list?"

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"Flying counterclockwise around the Earth."

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"The Superman bit, huh? So you can reverse time and clean up that unfinished business?"

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"Nah, just to get you off my case."

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Michael splits a gut. "You got it, pal, hop on."

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Third time past China, Dan asks, "Why the favor, Michael?"

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"You made the Angel of Death laugh, pal."

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