Seething With Sydmo

I first met her when I was only fifty-eight. I was in the pet shop carrying a fishing pole when she rushed in. She was wearing a grey gunny sack, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated her lip, but I pretended not to notice.

I was about to set the fishing pole down when she staggered beside me. I guess she startled me, and I clumsily dropped the fishing pole right by her feet. We both bent over to pick it up. It was one of those awkward moments, and we both began to seethe.

After stumbling apologies, I asked her to go to the pizza joint for a Mojito. She accepted, and our relationship took off from there. We didn't even know each other's names yet.

At the pizza joint, I learned that her name was Sydmo, and that she was an astronaut. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as a magistrate.

I guess it was love at first seethe. Some might say we had spiders in our eyes, but we felt we were perfect for each other. She was fifteen years older than I, but the age difference didn't matter to us. Even today, we are still seething for each other.