History (Challenge 159) --PG-13
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:11 pm
As I said, once I got going. Here's another, and I think you'll recognize speaker and subject. ML not mine, and all that.
History
I overheard Mick a while back, saying to Beth that I was history. I don’t know about that—it makes me sound like a fossil. And I’m no fossil—more like a shark, always moving forward to keep myself alive. All those centuries of laying low, flying under the radar long before radar existed, I was just trying to survive. You spend time working to see another night, and before you know it, a decade has slipped away, a generation. No matter how far in the background I stay, though, looking back, I can see the places I’ve made an impact.
Seems to me, I may not be history, but I certainly make it.
History
I overheard Mick a while back, saying to Beth that I was history. I don’t know about that—it makes me sound like a fossil. And I’m no fossil—more like a shark, always moving forward to keep myself alive. All those centuries of laying low, flying under the radar long before radar existed, I was just trying to survive. You spend time working to see another night, and before you know it, a decade has slipped away, a generation. No matter how far in the background I stay, though, looking back, I can see the places I’ve made an impact.
Seems to me, I may not be history, but I certainly make it.
It really is perfect. I love the attitude, and the touch of snark. And the rhythms of his speech are just spot-on. And besides--he's absolutely correct. 
