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Plot Points

©2008 David Boyne

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I could be wrong, but to me, obituaries always read like well-constructed plots to novels. Why is that?

I'm glad I asked. Let me begin small and work my way up: When walking my dog yesterday morning, two things happened that made me think about the infinite variables affecting the content and direction of each of our lives on this lonely planet.

When my dog "assumed the position", and I reached into my pocket, I discovered my pocket was empty. I had left the house without a plastic bag. Having not missed one scooping opportunity in nearly two years, I was mortified. I looked around, checking for witnesses to the petty crime that was about to occur, and saw, hanging from a bare limb of a stunted, scraggly, leafless tree- a white plastic bag. I walked over, lifted the bag, and put it to good use.

Sometimes we get what we need.

Ten minutes later, walking on the sidewalk, enjoying the warm sunlight, some people approached from behind. We heard them coming. My dog and I stopped, and turned…

Read the rest of Plot Points, and 8 more hyper-personal essays, in the ebook, Happy Accidents!

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