FRUITTYVILLE

 


FRUITTYVILLE FLORIDA

I once went to visit a dear friend in a local mental health facility, during the visiting hours I found myself in the company of great actors without a screen actors guild card each playing a different part unto themselves. I was inadvertently cast as a member of the cast without knowing. Only there and only there I found myself totally committed to this avant-garde theater in the loft around me.

I wanted to leave at intermission for a smoke but decided to stay on as there was too much going on that I liked past visiting hours. For the sane who came to visit their favorite actors, it was like an alcoholic anonymous meeting without the testimonials.

It was truly a scene out of an off-off off-broadway show from the stage of the human landscape from Fruittiville FL.

We all may sleep well tonight in comfort in the knowledge that there is a safety net for folks that have gotten off one stage onto another one called normal. what is normal?


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