Hergest Ridge

Somewhere around the second or third time listening to My Number by Tegan and Sara, a dissonant mutter began to drown out a line of the song. This of course has no real life significance to anyone but me, and for the longest time I let it go without a mention. I now break my silence, for the mutter turned to a chant and has since amplified exponentially.

It’s a silly time to learn to swim when you start to drown

It’s a silly time to learn to swim on the way down.

But it’s the perfect time! Of all the times, places and reasons to learn how to swim, drowning would be the best occasion. The payoff is at max. Even if you’re convinced that mingling with Death on your final homecoming parade is really just a start of something more beautiful, by the time you’ve taken a ride in the death cab, pushing up the daisies becomes a full time occupation. You’re an ex-human, and that’s that. Unless of course you can learn how to swim before the sirens make their delivery.