HAVE YOU BEEN GUILTY OF LOOKING AT OTHERS
YOUR OWN AGE AND THINKING,
"SURELY I CAN'T LOOK THAT OLD?"
I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST
APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DENTIST.
I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA,
WHICH BORE HIS FULLNAME.
SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME,
DARK-HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME NAME HAD BEEN
IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SOME 40-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.
HMMM,...OR COULD HE?
AFTER HE EXAMINED MY TEETH,
I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ATTENDED CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
"YES. YES, I DID. " HE GLEAMED WITH PRIDE.
"WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE?" I ASKED.
HE ANSWERED, "IN 1957. WHY DO YOU ASK?"
"YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!" I EXCLAIMED.
HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY THEN,
THAT UGLY, OLD, WRINKLED
SON-OF-A-BITCH ASKED,
"WHAT DID YOU TEACH?"
Author and Artist Unknown
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