{"id":1000,"date":"2013-03-27T09:19:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T13:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skelleyverse.com\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2013-12-31T23:09:23","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T04:09:23","slug":"i-knew-id-find-him-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/i-knew-id-find-him-here\/","title":{"rendered":"I Knew I’d Find Him Here"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. \"k-avatar\"Character \u2013 burned-out kindergarten teacher<\/li>\n
  2. Setting \u2013 botanical garden<\/li>\n
  3. Object \u2013 sunflower seeds<\/li>\n
  4. Situation \u2013 21st birthday<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I knew I’d find him here. Mr. Rodkis, good old Mr Rodkis. He could never cut it with kids any older than 5 or 6, on account of that name.<\/p>\n

    “Sit down! Be quiet!” He’s bawling out the sunflowers now, although those chrysanthemums are only waiting for him to turn his back.<\/p>\n

    “That’s it, young lady,” addressed to an 8-foot plant. “You’re in time-out!”<\/p>\n

    I pincer out some more seeds from the pouch I bought at the gift shop. “Hey, Rodkis,” I want to call out, “I found your troublemaker’s baby sister.”<\/p>\n

    These tall blossoms are the Botanical Garden’s primary claim to fame. Sadly banal, as a claim to fame. Like Rodkis. I guess that’s why he always winds up here.<\/p>\n

    I thought it would feel triumphant to track him down on my 21st birthday, to look down on the cranky little man who’d looked down on me those 15 years ago.<\/p>\n

    But, in hindsight, I agree with my friends. This is a depressing place to spend my birthday.<\/p>\n

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