1975-2018
Well, Jeremy,
I'm sure by now
you've already squeezed through
the other side of the gauntlet
consisting of all of our late relatives and
ancestors
bidding you a warm welcome amidst the usual
remarks of
"Tsk tsk!" "So young!"
"Such a shanda!" "Teufel im Holle!"
Cousin Richard has probably tried to warn you
about that.
And while all the cats are rubbing so madly
up against your legs
(I'd ask you to give Kuro a bit more attention
for me but Farrah probably insists on getting
all of it.
Understandable.)
you're chomping at the bit
to take up (gasp!) the Gary
Gygax' offer of participating
in real Dungeons and Dragons
group game modules -
Real Dungeons!
Real Dragons!
Real characters you don't just create, you become! Whoa!
Real NPCs!
Real adventures!
I think God's going to at least be in 'The Nine
Moon Pearls of Etwok-Kattarh'
because (s)he's a total hardcore gamer, no noob
at all!
I mean,
dude.
DUDE!!!!
And one of the best parts is nobody ever dies in
them because...well, you know.
Maybe later you'll join the ether-wide famous
round table discussions
that many agree are better than the Algonquin's
(feh!)
of Fantasy and Sci-fi fiction and graphic novels
moderated by H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard,
E. A. Poe
and many others
with more hosts of spectators than you'd see at
a silly golf tournament.
(What's that? Poe told you he's a big fan
of 'Sausagehed'?!! Cool!)
So I guess it's probably Nerdvana for you
there!!
And I'm sure that later on your help
will be enlisted in the Cloud Nine Cafe (jeez,
obvious much?)
to create a special mystery dessert that
out-ambrosias ambrosia.
(Don't worry, I won't tell that it's the ichor
that gives it a helluva kick! Shhhh!)
There's a lot more going on than all of this,
I'm sure.
(Oh, the places I imagine you'll go!)
This isn't goodbye, of course,
but for now I'll just end with,
love you and miss you, bro.
Float on,
sail on.
DB/5.2018
