Conversations in my Head

Hey, Left Hand Guy!

Yeah?

I'm confused.

About what?

This last trip through carb town. 

 It wasn't you, was it.

Um.  No, not really.  Don't get me
Wrong.  I enjoyed seeing you crash
And burn, but I didn't push you.  I
Didn't even make a lot of comments.

So what happened?

You'll have to ask someone else.

Who?

Fat Me: Me

Fat me?  Where did you come from? I

Haven't heard from you in ages.

FM: Well, Kevin, look back at what
The last month has been.  Our wife's health,
our financial situation, our injury keeping
us from running.

Yeah, that's usually when LHG beats

The snot out of me.

LHG: Not this time.  Fat Me beat me to it.
That is, he stepped in before I could get in
Some really good licks.

I still don't understand.

FM: Kevin, who took care of you for the first
39 years of your life?  It wasn't LHG.  And it wasn't
Thin Me.

Thin Me: Hmmm?

FM: Nothing. Go back to sleep.

Well, I guess you did.

FM:  Exactly.  And I always will.
I love the fact that you've been
Able to put me to the side.  Honestly,
I don't mind.  But your life, Kevin,
Will be full of pain as well as joy.
And sometimes, when you're
Hurt
Angry
Lonely
Tired
Well, sometimes you will seek me
Me out.  And I will comfort you.

So, I'm just that weak, huh? As

Soon as life gets tough, I'll

Just go back to my bad habits.

FM: Oh Kevin, you really are a
Silly goose.  Look at what 2012
Has been.  Hell, look at what the last
3 years have been.  And how many
Times in those years have you had
To really rely on me?  Hardly at all.
There is no shame in falling back
To those things you KNOW will
Comfort you when you really,
Absolutely have reached the end
Of your rope.  You're only a
Man, after all.

LHG:  I'm keeping my mouth shut.

Hmmm...I'm going to have to 

Think about this for awhile.

FM: Go ahead, but you know I'm right.
I'm not a bad person, Kevin.  I know
What I'm doing isn't healthy in the
Long run and I'm so happy that you
Don't need me as much anymore.
But a weekend of Fat Me once
Or twice a year?  Stop beating
Yourself up.

LHG: Actually, I agree with him.

Thanks guys.  

LHG and FM: No problem.








TM: What's going on? Where'd
Everybody go?  Kevin?
Left Hand Guy?
Fat Me?
Hello?
...
I'm gonna go get my
Stationary bike on.