Tuesday, August 31, 2010

The Shiva Visitor

(Shiva: The formal mourning period of seven days, observed as in the home of the deceased, during which friends visit and comfort the bereaved: often in the phrase sit shiva, to observe the period of shiva.)

"How did you know Benjy?"

"Camp, from camp."

"Oh, how he loved his camp friends, he talked about them all the time."

"That was Benjy."

"Sorry, I can't remember your name... All this grief."

"I understand. My name is Sheldon...Sheldon Le-Vine with a capital V."

"I remember a Sheldon Minkowitz, who used to play tennis with Benjy, but can't place a Sheldon
Levine-"

"That's Le-Vine with a capital V, rhymes with wine. LeVine."

"Yesss..."

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