9.28.2004
- I sometimes wonder if people and invoices aren't much the same. When an invoice comes into being, it is so important, it stands for so much money, and it occasionally has many sisters and brothers, or sometimes none. When a person comes into being, it is very important, is takes up so much money, and sometimes is by itself, and occasionally has many brother or sisters. As times goes by, and invoice is tucked into an envelope, and passed on to the company who it will spend the rest of it's life with. As time goes by, a person is tucked off to college and life, and meets the person it will spend the rest of it's life with. As time goes by, that invoice is coded, paid for, and filed away. As time goes by, that person finds a job, is paid for it, and works and works some more. As time goes by, that invoice occasionally spawns credits and debits. As time goes by, that person spawns more little people. As time goes by, that invoice slowly molders away to naught in that large, cold, uncaring file cabinet. As time goes by, that person slowly grows old and sickens in this large, cold, uncaring world. As time goes by, someone empties that file cabinet, carelessly tossing that invoice into the trash, to be recycled into some new invoice someday. As time goes by, that person will die, and be put into the ground, to provide sustenance for the next generation...