A Painful Case

I must say before I begin, I have not been posting regularly, I apologize . . . brother.

A Painful Case  – this story hurts. You all know the saying, “Better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all.” Well Mr. James Duffy is one of the unfortunate people who had the chance to love, but turned it away. Paralysis. We see the hopeless relationship develop between our protagonist and Mrs. Sinico. True to his form, Joyce wrecks the world by walking you through the painful separation of the two potential love birds. Then Joyce wrenches your gut with another tender little morsel of depression found in the paper by Mr. Duffy four years later.

It is no wonder I no longer post regularly. These stories now paralyze me for weeks at a time.

I will get over it.

Clay

Why it is titled, Clay, I have not yet found. Even upon the second read. I am still perplexed about this story. I have no real understanding of what Maria really represents. She is a second-class woman working for the matron mentioned at the beginning; before this she was once a nanny. Apparently, others think she is a “veritable peace maker.” I imagine this has a bit to do with the story, although it feels like she is taken advantage of during a game involving a blindfold. She sees the boys she used to take care of and mixes up the words of a certain song at the end. That all is if I read the story proper. I will take a look at some reviews and blogs about the story, then remark again on this post after I have made sense of things. I have a hunch that the song will bring me to the source of the story.

Hiatus

Just finished spring break. New posts soon.