Natalie L. M. Petesch - After the First Death, There Is No Other
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"The Girl Who Was Afraid of Snow," Moving Out 2 (February, 1972).
"The End of the World," University of Portland Review 23 (Spring, 1971).
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Petesch, Natalie L M 1924 After the first death there is no other.
CONTENTS: The grievance adjuster.A brief biography of Ellie Brume.My crystal. [etc.] I. Title. PZ4.P4877Af [PS3566.E772] 813'.5'4 74-8851 ISBN 0-87745-050-1
University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 1974 by The University of Iowa. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
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... for the lovers, their arms Round the griefs of the ages.... Dylan Thomas
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Contents
The Grievance Adjuster
1
A Brief Biography of Ellie Brume
20
My Crystal
29
John Stuart Mill Goes Home
39
Ramn El Conejo
49
L'il Britches
65
Nails
72
Stones
84
Selma
93
The Playhouse
108
The Girl Who Was Afraid of Snow
122
How I Saved Mickey From the Bomb
136
The End of the World
155
Bye Bye Birdie
163
The Festival
184
Page 1
The Grievance Adjuster
I work for an insurance company. We are not really big, though we have been around a long time. Not your Hancock, Hartford, Prudential kind of thing. No Lloyds of London. We're old but reputable, andin spite of occasional rumblings in the stock marketsolvent. You've heard of Vita, doubtless. You've wondered, exactly what we insure.
We insure, not your life, but your beliefs. Those others who insure your life, can bring your widow or children a monthly check after you die. But who has the hardihood (or the charity) as we do, to indemnify for despair? In every policy issued by us there is a special Fealty Clause which offers full compensation for loss: of Faith, of Love, of Belief in the Several Varieties of Western Religion, or of Interest in Your Work. Along with this is included (under Section II B) a low-priced but comprehensive coverage for the parents of war-deserters (both those residing abroad and those in U.S. prisons). We also have a popular low-premium "B" policy for Bitterness and/or Boredom. All policies are noncancellable.
You can see nowour policies are rather different. Not something everyone would think of. Yet most of my friendsjust ordinary clerks, managers, salesmen, teachers, parentsare insured by my Company. I myself am what is known as "insurance poor." I keep my beliefs under constant surveillance. As
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soon as my optimism flags, I increase my insurance coverage. Just as you would, if you noticed a twinge of arthritis. "Old age," you might think to yourself. "Better up my coverage, just in case." In this way I keep myself insured against every contingency. My highest premium is paid to the Company against loss of faith in the Company. If this seems absurd, just think about it a moment. It's my livelihood, isn't it? And don't pianists insure their hands? dancers their legs? Thus I am heavily insured against Catastrophic Despair, the first sign of which, as you may have observed, is unbelief. Since joining the Company I have tried to handle all claims equitably: I am a professional, not one who single-mindedly, and with obvious self-interest, bucks for the Company.
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