To The Departed

A friend of mine in the building passed away in a car accident this morning. He was just 20 years old.

A relatively quiet chap who kept to himself, I'd met him now and then -- a few times on the BEST, on several occasions in the swimming pool and least often in the building itself. A terrible case of a 5 car crash did him in. And even worse was the condolence meet. It was painstakingly difficult to absorb all that was going on in the house. Several ladies trying to calm his mother, the boy's father caught up somewhere between a police station and the hospital while the younger brother walked around the house, completely stupefied by the event.

Rest in peace buddy.