Going Solo

GOING SOLO

BY

GREGORY FORSTER JR

4:30 can’t get here fast enough. “Teasing and taunting” that comes from an “official” making some grand announcement about longer wait time makes you desire something with throwing potential! One could almost smell anticipation among us who were there for the same reason: it to be completed. Old, young, Black, White, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, male, female, me, all of us sitting anxiously. Yes, something fantastically significant was imminent! Why do they leave people in suspense?! Finally, another official emerges, smiling, asking, “Ready to finalize your divorce now?” My body jolted upward! Let’s GO, folks!!