I see all these people running off to Disneyland and water parks
and shit or cramming themselves into crowded bars even though it might make
them get sick and die and part of me wants to laugh. I shake my head and say to
myself, “Man, these poor saps sure would make lousy cripples.”
Those people aren’t nearly tough enough to succeed at being
a cripple. I mean, after just three months of living the cooped up life they’re
so desperate to bust out that they can’t even think straight. But hell, a lot
of cripples live the cooped up life for years on end. It might be that they’re
cooped up because they’re too crippled to go very far but it could be for a lot
of other reasons, too, like maybe they’re too broke ass to go very far. A lot of cripples are really broke ass and being
broke ass will sure as hell keep you cooped up, even if you’re not crippled.
And Lord, some cripples are not just housebound but bedbound.
Staying in bed all day may not sound so bad. That’s how some people spend their
vacations. It’s the kind of life to which a lot of people think they aspire.
But it gets old fast. Staying in bed all day is not for people with a weak
constitution. Those bedbound cripples are the toughest cripples of all. They
have to be. They have to figure out how to stay engaged and entertained while
staying in bed (alone). Not all of them succeed. Some get sucked up into the
undertows of addiction that drain dry the mind and spirit, such as watching porn, dumb sitcom reruns, game shows and/or Christian and right wing TV. But a lot of bedbound
cripples persevere through boredom and with enough trial and error practice, they
get the hang of staying in bed all day and still feeling sharp.
They’re the best equipped to win the cooped up marathon. They’ve
been training for it for a long time. When they see on TV all those people at
Disneyland and water parks and in bars they probably shake their heads and
laugh about what wimps those people are.
It’s survival of the toughest.
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