Nothing is going on in my little town

[Droopy]

Just like little towns all across America. Welcome to Miamisburg, Ohio.

I've been drinking beer all night and a friend called me up who lives down the street. A life long friend. He said he wants to talk and smoke one of my Marlboro Menthol Lights. I said that's cool.

I stood out front slurping a beer and waiting for him. Finally I see him walking up the street. I offer a beer and he declines. I offer a smoke and he accepts. He starts to talk about the glory days. About when we went out and did shit. Now days he's unemployed and I bust my ass working for a trucking company. Our lives seem so dead.

"We used to drink Wild Irish Rose and score chicks," he says. He hasn't had a woman in five years. For me it's been longer, but I won't admit that.

He's standing there and talking about all of the wild shit we used to do. How we were alive and how we used to do anything they would let us get away with. Now days we sit on the front porch and drink and smoke and dream about things that we did when we were young.

I say, "Hey, man, I'm 34 and you're 33. We're still young, we can still get out and do shit."

"Fuck, man, I ain't got no money and you work your ass off and don't have much to show for it. What are we gonna do?"

I say, "We've lived here all of our lives. We know this town and we know the folks who live here. We ought to be able to do something with that knowledge."

Then he talks about all of the money he could make on Ebay if he just had a savings account. He claims he can't get a savings account around here unless he has $200. I know it's a pipe dream. And I know he is lying about the $200.

We talk and smoke and our lives slip away.

God what I wouldn't do for $100,000.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Droopy..........

You sound uncharacteristically melancholy tonight, sweetie.......

It's easy to get that way, I know......:hug:

You have a good job, and are now writing more often.....

You know that you have quite a fan club here......

We all love your stories!

:pals:

[Droopy]

4. I'm more than melancholy

I've been crying ever since I wrote that post.

I'll be alright and I appreciate everybody here that likes the way I write. I guess sometimes we are all sad. This is my time. But I'm going to do something about it goddammmit. I'm not going to let life pass me by.

[enigmatic]

2. Hey bro

I'll say it again; you need to start a blog. I'll help you if you need it; youe stories and prose sketches might be my favorite posts on DU.

I grew up in NE Ohio and travelled down to Miamisburg many times. There are still times when I really miss Ohio; you remind me why that is..

[Droopy]

5. Thanks, man

I'm afraid I don't write frequently enough to maintain people's interest in a blog. It's due to my job. But if you think I might be an internet success through the written word I'd be willing to give it a try. Send me a PM about the particulars and we'll see what we can do.

I appreciate that you like my little stories. That is a great compliment. Sometimes I just wish the stories weren't true.

[Left Is Write]

3. You keep writing like that...

and you'll get your hundred grand.

Have you considered entering the annual Writers' Digest Writing Competition?

https://www.writersdigest.com/contests/annual/76th/

[Droopy]

6. Thanks, LIW

I will check out your link. We'll see what the ol' Droopster can do.

[Droopy]

7. Kick

Because you muthafuckas ain't doin' justice to this little thread. I'll hunt you down and kick yer ass if you don't post here. And I can do it you assholes. I'm a 280 lb. man and it don't hurt my feelins' none to leave someone bleedin' on the asphalt. As a matter of fact I hope someone gives me justice to do such a thing just so I can brag to my buddy.

"Deserve ain't got nuthin' to do with it."

[lildreamer316]

8. .....

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[Droopy]

9. So there's other people who feel this shit

Please be a doll and introduce them to me. I promise not to kill them.

Look closely in the lounge for my personals ad. It's coming soon.

[Callalily]

10. It's nice to reminisce

but unhealthy to dwell on the past. Your piece here seems cathartic, which is good. RLS quote (sorry not exact words), "it's not the cards we are dealt, but how we play the game." That indeed is life.