Glowing Reference

Paul, “Hy, look I have been asked to provide you with a reference from your current (new) employers …”

My brother, “Oh yeah?”

Paul, “Yep, so basically it asks the following questions, just about your salary when you were here, your personality, and your 'modis operatis': method of working habits, also about your punctuality and your leaves of absence, so when you were off work and the frequency”.

My Brother, “Okay, great, so what have you said?”

Paul, “In Brief, that you…. ‘… Were on 4 bucks an hour, you were absent 18% of each month, who knows where you were, because the excuses were countless and showed an absence of truthfulness… that you were a lying, cheating, lazy, thievin’ b*st*rd, who didn’t do a single days work without being prodded, nagged and threatened; that you were gutless and didn’t even tell me you were in a new job, and this is the first I have heard about it, traitor!... in fact I thought you were sick again, for the 3rd time this year, in fact each time you have been ill you took over 2 weeks off and wined and winged so much the rare time you could get to work, scruffy, with a police record for vagrancy… that I was close to firing you several times myself, as for would I want you back, absolutely not, do I look like an idiot? ... it has turned me into a blithering wreck, and I am in therapy as a result, and close to insolvency...”

My Brother, “Thanks Paul, when did you send it off?”

Paul, “Today! So when are you coming back to work for me, I miss you and you are never going to be as happy as when you worked for me!”

My Brother, “After such a glowing, damning and incriminating account… very soon Paul, very soon!”


[... by xsapph ...]


MC Escher, drew these exquisitely beautiful hands, mesmorising as they are for their perfection, they remind me of my Brother's hands, practical, powerful, and competent... He is always known for his polish, his dynamic energy, and his interesting cufflinks, or his scent, or maybe a small puzzle ring on his finger... there is always something remarkably quizzical and mercurial about him....