It’s way too late. I say that every evening. I was in bed at 10:40 PM. That is a miracle. Tonight? Day of the Dead. I sit trying to conjure up a son who timed out years ago. And his brother needs a Dad. My girl needs a man. Time’s up. “B And V Timed”
Monday, November 2, 2026
Legacy 124 -B And V Timed-
Hey Dad,
It’s me, Baby B. Did you have a good day? Good Day? Are you still listening to me bark or the constant tick-tock?
Tick-tock, tick-tock. I remember being with you to watch all those Hunger Games movies, except “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.” You share pictures of me on TikTok. Still the M.V.P. over Miss M Anime. “I’m Comin’” could be my intro song. Though Virgil and I’s potential future stepmom means that in another way, I suppose… Eww. And then there’s all the time you need for well… Everything. Tick-tock, Mr. Wick. How many references is that, Dad? As always, I remain my father’s son. There is no time limit. Eternity.
However you live, my brother lives. And every day it’s as if we’re “living” reverse lives, my father. “Hunt Him Down!” “Braxton Lives!” Remember “The Running Man”? The things you do for a time, Dad.
“Pinch me, pinch me
‘Cause I’m still asleep
Please, God, tell me
That I’m still asleep.”
Barenaked Ladies ‧ 2000
Here and now, it’s only you and me as V gets one more slice of his B-Day pie, ha. Lucky
How many of those did you buy for me, Dad? For fifteen years, you were buying me burgers and enough fries to make me puke. You even got my fav girl to make me cake.
Fifteen years Dad. And you remember the time. Every time. And you’re doing it again.
You know, when you’re sad enough to join me… Again, I say no! Remember how hard I fought. Maybe a bad example, because if it had been up to me… What are our words, Dad?
Always and forever. There have to be dogs in Heaven… Cerberus wouldn’t get any rest…
Dad. Hell’s not for you.
Not saying I wouldn’t follow you. But it’s not your time. And I don’t mean to bark all “Me Before You,” because that isn’t fair. At all. My memory, M Anime, my mutt lil’ bro.
Language! I know, but I can say that, can’t I? Fur and all. If only you had as much time as I have fur that you’re still finding after all this time. Once again, you and me always and forever. And you feel like you’ll be behind forever. No wonder you prefer yabbos to butts.
What, I am a guy too. And while you say so formally, I might bark: fatherhood is the epitome of manhood. But there is more. If only time to find it. B And V Timed
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”
Ecclesiastes 3:1
“No day shall erase you from the memory of time”
The Aeneid
2101 Days Without B III, Day 1542 of Virgil’s Arrival
Always and Forever,
Your Son
