“Cause all you ever say is “What’s the point?”” I could try that on the critics, but THEY never get me. B would. And even if he didn’t, I liked that look he’d give me. That “Seriously, Dad!” It pains me; I’ll never see it again. Will B Painful Virgil
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Tale 264 ~Will B Painful Virgil~
1145 Days Without B III, Day 586 of Virgil’s Arrival
Just Me, Baby B,
Did you have a good day? You know how my days are. Nine times out of ten, I’m bleeding and broken.
It’s one of the reasons I always washed my hands before touching you. Blood, sweat, and tears. You didn’t understand how the world is, Braxton. But you were prepared. Ready!
And I’m sure you know now from wherever you are. The Rainbow Bridge, Heaven, Hell?
That’s one of the things that I have yet to hear from you. Where’d You Go? But you’ve been speaking to me more from books than whatever I have booming on the phone, B III.
It pains me to say I don’t remember all of it. And it’s only been a few hours, Golden Son.
B III, the second most painful thing this week (losing you is first). But saying what I need to Say. I mean, every single day.
I am. Braxton, I’m trying. But according to the critic and everybody else, I’m everything. Everything but understood. That could be why you’re trying to use the words in books instead of music. But I’ve been thinking about this sad song. Even by Julien Baker
Braxton, it was in that movie Spontaneous. It was the first film I remember watching after you were gone. Now, how could such a Black Comedy make me smile? Hmm.
Anyway, I figured it out. Everything is connected, B. You and me, always and forever.
In what I was reading this morning, Evey said she hadn’t felt pleasure. But the absence of pain. With missing you, it’s not the pain I want gone. I want it evened out over everything.
Which leads me to Virgil. Yes, he was mentioned, too. I keep telling you, Braxton. Like when The Man Comes Around, everything else does. Connections, communication, and this comedy are my existence without you. “Lost as Dante before Virgil.”
Keeping Virgil is spreading out my pain. The sadness and loneliness. Anything physical, I will bear myself. That’s why I freaked out when he was sick. That’s not his punishment.
But my happiness or any pleasure… I can make believe. Happiness doesn’t exist for me.
Pleasure, however, if defined as the absence of pain… That dream can come true, Braxton.
And you might be the only one who understands. Because I can hear the critic right now saying… “What?” Me talking Will B Painful Virgil
“It feels like I’m dying. I’m so scared all the time.” ― Mara, Spontaneous (2020)
Always and Forever,
Your Dad