Absolute Blue Invitation 4/17/15 - 4/18/15

Absolute Blue Acquires

It lay before them neglected and forgotten, like some unfinished business from long ago, but one thing’s for sure. It had nowhere else to go.

“It’s scary”, said Tom.

“It smells funny”, reported Kevin.

“Come on you guys”, explained Skip, “We need to do this to keep from becoming old and irrelevant”.

“But I like being old”, replied Bill.

“And I like being irreverent” added Don, when he thought it was his turn to talk.

“Don’t think of it as doing something for ourselves, do it for our family. Do it for our friends”, said Skip.

They all mulled this over, then thought about it a bit when the mulling was over.

“But what if it’s the wrong color?”

“Or the wrong size?”, Don added as a thought came to mind, then disappeared just a quickly.

“But that’s not really-“

“For the pets”, said Kevin, just to see what it would sound like.

Each nodded in their own peculiar way.

“For Lieutenant Dan. For all the dogs”.

They took turns glaring at it, with Kevin taking more than his share and it tried to glare back but it had no eyes. It was a song.

“We could learn it, then if it hurts we could forget it real fast”, suggested Tom.

They nodded again, together this time but individually had no idea what the hell he was talking about.

“Yes”, said Skip quietly. “We’ll do it. For Lieutenant Dan.”

Come hear all Dan’s new favorite songs at our only public performance this Sunday at SBI from 1 to 5…

And make plans now for our benefit next Sunday, 4/26, at the VFW 4206 on Diary Road in Melbourne from 4:30 – 6:30. Suggested donation is $3 and goes to the building fund that adds new facilities for handicapped vets. So come on out and make a difference to those men and women, sons and daughters, mothers and fathers who’ve served…