Getting Close to the End

I Think I Know How the

Scientists Must

Feel

Politics

It's not that they

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Wouldn't take my advice after

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Me for 19 years

It's that they

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Wouldn't even listen

Ivanovitch, his Wife Ivy and Mr. Stud

Ivanovitch talked about Ivy to me

And after listening to Ivanovitch

And listening to Ivanovitch’s stories about Ivy

I asked to meet her.

“I’d like to meet your ex-wife Ivanovitch” I said.

Ivanovitch replied, “OK”.

An e-mail introduction.

“Ivanovitch here, I’d like you to meet”.

He provided each of us with a telephone number and an e-mail address.

I replied to Ivy immediately.

I’m not sure but I may not have had anything better to do?

After reading Ivy’s delayed response I told Ivanovitch,

“I don’t want to meet Ivy any more”.

“That’s OK with me”, said Ivanovitch.

Later Ivanovitch told me he had a new girlfriend

“Good for you!”, I exclaimed.

“Are you jealous?”, he confused me by asking.

“No”, I answered puzzled, “Why should I be?

” That was the last time I saw Ivanovitch.

I never met his wife Ivy.

I met Mr. Stud around the same time I met Ivanovitch.

It was that kind of week.

Mr. Stud kept advising me of my options

and couldn't seem to hear me when I replied, "I know".

He didn't like Ivanovitch, Mr. Stud, and he wasn't fond of Gomer Grunt, Mr. Shaw or Fred either.

But his stories were titillating

and everyone else seemed quite busy,

so I tried playing with Mr. Stud for awhile

but we just couldn't seem to meet.

Gomer Grunt told me Mr. Stud was an idiot

and Fred said he just wanted a peek.

Mr. Shaw simply wouldn't discuss it.

So in the end

I was forced to write off the whole week.