Age

[Saiyan]

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN GUILTY OF LOOKING AT OTHERS YOUR OWN AGE AND

> THINKING, SURELY I CAN'T LOOK THAT OLD.

> WELL...YOU'LL LOVE THIS ONE.

>

> MY NAME IS ALICE , AND I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST

> APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DENTIST.

>

> I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA,WHICH BORE HIS FULL NAME. SUDDENLY, I

> REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME, DARK-HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME NAME HAD BEEN

> IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SOME 30-ODD YEARS AGO.

>

> COULD HE BE THE SAME GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET CRUSH ON, WAY BACK THEN?

>

> UPON SEEING HIM, HOWEVER, I QUICKLY DISCARDED ANY SUCH THOUGHT.

>

> THIS BALDING, GRAY-HAIRED MAN WITH THE DEEPLY LINED FACE WAS WAY TOO OLD

> TO HAVE BEEN MY CLASSMATE.

>

> AFTER HE EXAMINED MY TEETH, I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ATTENDED MORGAN PARK

> HIGH SCHOOL ..

>

> 'YES. YES, I DID. I'M A MUSTANG,' HE GLEAMED WITH PRIDE.

>

>

>

> 'WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE?' I ASKED.

>

> HE ANSWERED , 'IN 1975. WHY DO YOU ASK?'

>

> 'YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!', I EXCLAIMED.

>

> HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY.

>

>

>

> THEN, THAT UGLY,

>

> OLD,

>

> BALD,

>

> WRINKLED,

>

> FAT A@S,

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> GRAY-HAIRED,

>

> DECREPIT

>

> SON-OF-A-BI!CH ASKED,

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>

>

>

> 'WHAT DID YOU TEACH ???'