Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The economy is in shambles.
My mood is dark now.
=/.
My dad just got retrenched.
When an offer for a job came , he took it.
But now they retracted it.
It began with that ominous phone call today.
Dad was lying in bed ,thinking of his prospects.
I was reading a book in my room.
I heard voices. The tone my dad used when he was in serious trepidation.
He was talking, in a rushed manner, when he suddenly stopped.
I realized why, the other party had just slammed down the phone.
Apparently for them, it was over. There was no negotiation.
It destroyed him.
I sneaked a look through the crack in the door.
All i saw was the back of my dad.
His shoulders hunched as if an invisible weight was suddenly placed upon him.
He looked defeated. He looked old.
