Joey and Joe, by Mark Tulin – Friday Flash Fiction
A rollercoaster of a life.
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Joey and Joe, by Mark Tulin
3/5/2019
At nine, Joey couldn’t wait to grow taller so he could go on the rollercoaster.
At sixteen, Joey bought a used car and, soon after, got his first parking ticket.
At twenty, friends called him Joe instead of Joey.
At thirty, Joe got his girlfriend pregnant and they married.
At thirty-five, Joe went through an amicable divorce.
At fifty-five, Joe’s boss gave him a certificate to Red Lobster and, shortly after, severance pay.
At eighty, Joe wanted to go on a rollercoaster, but his private nurse said no. Instead, she pushed him around the block in a wheelchair.
Crow On The Wire 
Powerful story in just a few short lines.
Thank you, Liz.
Clever. I enjoyed this, Mark. Not sure if Joey did though 🙂
Unless it was a muscular aide who ran up and down hills. 🙂
🎡Poor Joe wanted to go for one more thrill in his life! His aid must have been afraid of 🎢!!
Could be, hope 😎😎
Wonderful !!!!
Leo Rojas – Circle of Life