Written Last May

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The Idea seized my mind just as My Better Half walked into the room.

In truth, I was probably hallucinating. Over several months, I’d consumed a pharmacopia of drugs for pain and other ailments.

“I have an idea,” I said.

“Oh, boy!  Let’s hear it,” he replied.

“I’m going to look for a job a person can do lying on her back.”

He laughed out loud.

“No, not that one,” I replied.

He was still laughing.

“Let’s be real”, I said. “I’ve spent a lot of time in bed.  So I need to find a job I can do in bed!”

“You write in bed …”

“Writing doesn’t pay much. I need a job that pays!”

“OK. So how do you plan to find such a job?”

He hadn’t completely stopped laughing.

Time to bring out the big guns, I thought.

“I’m going to place an…