Stories From The Head

Don’t Give Up ”JEMAL” he cried. ”JEMAL!”. Pong didn’t answer. He never did. Tossa felt that they had grown apart. ”JEEEMAAL!”. He just wouldn’t give up. After 40 minutes of total silence, Pong’s face lightened up. ”Let’s go to the movies” he shouted happily, reminding Tossa of his unknown father (you have to understand that his mother had died several years before Tossa even MET Pong). They sat in the park for about 134 seconds, before drifting home like two pigeons looking for shelter. The very next day, Pong realised that his drinking problem had caused a serious cancer in his armpit. He called Tossa the minute he got home, and, after the usual congratulations, they went to ”RIO Guesthouse” to celebrate. That night they slept soundly. There is of course a moral to this tale of friendship and deceit: Never give up on love. Maybe you’ll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but some day...

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