“Okay, I’ve got a question,” she said, happy with herself. “You know when you go to bed early in the morning?”
“Jellyfish do not have the same sleep cycles as humans do, you should know that. We also don’t have beds to go to,” the jellyfish interrupted.
“Fine, if you go to sleep early in the morning, it so happens that the day knocks on your door and interrupts whatever you are doing. For example, I might be talking to my friends, or thinking about things I really want to think about, or listening to music that lifts me up. And then the day breaks in. What can be more obnoxious? Then I am forced to hurry into the next day although I am still living in the previous one.”
“So is your question ‘What can be more obnoxious?’ It doesn’t seem to be that, but that was the only question you formulated in that moving speech of yours.”
“No, that was a rhetorical question! Gosh, even jellyfish should be able to get something so obvious. No, my question is, well, it’s something about why I see the early day that way or if I can do anything about it.”
“Oh, come on, even the original golden fish couldn’t have answered that! But I am an old blue jellyfish, so I’ll tell you whatever I can tell you from the jellyfish wisdom I’ve soaked up. It’s your fault you see the new day as a nuisance. Yeah, it kind of surprises you. Fuck, then look at it as a surprise, a pleasant one at that! Something you haven’t planned doesn’t have to be a nuisance. Surprises can be quite pleasant, especially if they include romantic red roses. True, the arrival of a silly, cold day is not conventionally romantic, but I’m sure there’s some crazy bastard out there who weeps with joy every morning when the cold, repulsive sun rays lay on him for the first time that day.”
“Thank you, jellyfish,” she said.
“Blue jellyfish,” he corrected. “It indicates my rank.”
“Oh, please take a jellyfish rest very soon, well before I’ve walked home. You have your own weird issues to take care of, and only then can you tell me what to do about my weirdnesses.”
“Okay, I’ll text you when I feel better.” The jellyfish didn’t try to sound manly or to tell her he had no weirdness problems. A blue jellyfish, probably high in rank, went to the deeper waters in the sea. If he starts drowning, he’ll give her a call.
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