Author's Note: This one's for BR, who was inspired to write the first three lines, then ended up drop-kicking my inspiration into high gear! That makes her my Muse tonight. :D
Copyright Fall, 2002, by LA Koehler
Describe my life in a hundred words or less, huh? Okay.
Man walks into a bar....
How's that for a classic opening? Thing is, it's usually the beginning of a funny joke. Wish it were a joke, one that I could forget, then go on with my real life.
But my real life died with Mara and the baby, when the Cardies came.
I thought the Maquis could give me back some security, but there's no joy in revenge. And now we're screwed on Voyager, stuck in the Delta Quadrant. Doesn't matter, though.
Anguish feels the same wherever you are.
Describe my life in a hundred words or less, huh? Okay.
Man walks into a bar...
How's that for a classic opening? Thing is, it's usually the beginning of a funny joke. My life's never seemed that damned amusing to me. Damned, maybe...
See, I've lost two families so far-one to the Cardies, one to those Quarren bastards. Two beautiful families in ten years...even Job didn't have to put up with this shit.
Thing is, before Quarra, I'd really thawed a lot. Gotten comfortable again. Now Admiral Janeway will have us "home" again by tomorrow?
Make that three families.
They say your life flashes before your eyes. Well, if it does,
I will walk into a bar.
I'll struggle for years, then I'll walk into a bar and meet Mara.
Then I'll walk into a bar and meet Chakotay.
Then I'll walk into a bar and meet Kaia, on Quarra.
After Voyager's rescue I'll get lost again. Dead, I'll think.
But it wasn't time yet-then. Life had one more round for me. And I drank deep. Finally-solace...
Go get Grandma, sweetheart-it's time. I'm ready.
Last call.
…………………
So a man walks into a bar.
Hello again, Mara.
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