Benny Blane was a schoolyard legend, taking all that life had to offer. He lived on another plane, his aura exciting and free.
I asked his plans in life: “To be an imaginista.”
Decades later, I find him in McKinney.
“Spent three years as park ranger, mostly smoking ganja. Taught English in Japan then toured entire Pacific rim. Met a French woman and learned to paint in southern France. Painted in Santa Fe. Now hiding out here.”
“You did everything!”
“Everything but love. What a waste.”
I asked his plans in life: “To be an imaginista.”
Decades later, I find him in McKinney.
“Spent three years as park ranger, mostly smoking ganja. Taught English in Japan then toured entire Pacific rim. Met a French woman and learned to paint in southern France. Painted in Santa Fe. Now hiding out here.”
“You did everything!”
“Everything but love. What a waste.”
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