Life, for the most part, inevitably becomes routine, the random confluence of timing and fortune that configures its components all but forgotten. But every so often, I catch a glimpse of my life out of the corner of my eye, and am rendered breathless by it.
Jonathan TropperBut the muse wonโt always cooperate and she will never be coerced. Sometimes sheโd rather take a nap or see a mid-afternoon movie.
Jonathan TropperSilver is forty-four years old, if you can believe it, out of shape, and depressedโalthough he doesnโt know if you call it depression when you have good reason to be; maybe then youโre simply sad, or lonely, or just painfully aware, on a daily basis, of all the things you can never get back.
Jonathan TropperThat's the thing about life; everything feels so permanent, but you can disappear in an instant.
Jonathan Tropper