Wednesday 20 July 2022

Glen Ray Jr.

Glen was born on August 14th 1992 at the Toronto Mount Sinai Hospital and died four days later due to "not being viable". His parents, Mary and Joe were grief stricken and did the only rational thing they could think of: the "Sharon Procedure" instantly trying for another kid. What you read here is a "what would have been" story with an image generated by www.wemakeupshit4U.org (you should subscribe). Glen was bullied in all his years at school and had no friends, getting excellent marks in all subjects didn't make him popular. It was only when he went to university that he bloomed. He studied Music, Philosophy and History and learned German, Spanish and Italian to go with his already good French graduating with Honors. His took a job as a research assistant at the Musicus GmbH in Graz, Austria. He quickly became the world's foremost authority on Franz Joseph Haydn following his trail from Rohrau to Hamburg, Eisenstadt, Vienna, London and back to Eisenstadt where Haydn is buried at the Bergkirche. Colleagues, behind his back, would call him Frau Haydn recognizing his profound knowledge of the subject and acknowledging his sexual orientation. It is well known that Haydn was a mentor to Mozart and tutor of Beethoven. It was not known until Glen discovered it, that Haydn had a twin sister Edeltraud Maria, twenty minutes older and ten times more talented. They travelled together, she ostensibly housekeeper and cook, but it very well may have been she who invented the symphony and composed or contributed greatly to the, according to Mandyczewski, one hundred and four symphonies (some say 106). When his book "Haydn and I" came out in 2020, the publisher insisted on a world tour and Glen obliged asking only that the first stop be Toronto. After the launch and signings, Glen and his small entourage walked South on University Ave. towards the Shangri-La hotel. Glen, gesticulating agitated to make a point, didn't watch his step, stumbled and fell violently hitting his head on the pavement precisely in front of the Mount Sinai Hospital. They rushed him to Emergency just feet away. The triage doctor pronounced him at nine oh five PM marking cause of death as "not being viable".

  

2 comments:

  1. Though the notes ( palm stories) are now longer , are also more humorous displaying even more imagination . A great short read, thanks

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  2. A very subtle critique of discrimination against disabled people, through a very sophisticated chronological reversal of hypothetical life events. Big applause to the author for this very impressive blog! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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