by Michael Tetzlaff<\/span><\/p>\n Gary sat at the window watching Mr Godanski walk painfully up the street. Gary was feeling miserable and seeing the old man huff and puff wasn\u2019t helping.<\/span><\/p>\n He\u2019d been confined to quarters after his nephew had drawn spaceships all over his face. Unfortunately the four year old old had used the only permanent marker in the house to do this, and as a result his uncle Gary now resembled a cross between an Apache warrior and a maniac from some dystopian future.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOh alright, I get the point,\u201d he said out loud, as he decided the point was that there\u2019s always someone worse off.<\/span><\/p>\n He went out and approached Mr Godanski to ask if he could help with carrying anything for him.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCan I -\u201d said Gary, but was cut short.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cGet away from me you gangster,\u201d shouted Mr Godanski and swung his walking stick with considerable force and accuracy. It caught Gary on the side of the head and little white sparks flew before his eyes like fireflies. Mr Godanski prepared for another swing but Gary stumbled backward and fell over the low wall at No. 13.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOw,\u201d he shouted as he scraped his leg and landed on something hard; his keys.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOh, it\u2019s you Gary \u2013 I am sorry. I thought you were one of those gang people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Gary imagined the old boy had been watching too much Netflix. \u201cIt\u2019s OK Mr Godanski, I just wondered if you needed a hand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n As he got up he realised he\u2019d landed in something soft – left by the neighbour\u2019s dog, no doubt.<\/span><\/p>\n Mr Godanski realised too, \u201cNo thanks Gary \u2013 I think you need to get cleaned up. Anyway, I\u2019ve got to do this bit of shopping for myself \u2013 use it or lose it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Gary, wondering if there really was someone worse off, watched Mr Godanski carry on with his painful walk up the street.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gary\u2019s War Paint by Michael Tetzlaff Gary sat at the window watching Mr Godanski walk painfully up the street. Gary was feeling miserable and seeing the old man huff and puff wasn\u2019t helping. He\u2019d been confined to quarters after his nephew had drawn spaceships all over his face. Unfortunately the four year old old had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comedy","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtetzlaff.uk\/mywp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtetzlaff.uk\/mywp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtetzlaff.uk\/mywp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtetzlaff.uk\/mywp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtetzlaff.uk\/mywp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mtetzlaff.uk\/mywp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/mtetzlaff.uk\/mywp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtetzlaff.uk\/mywp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtetzlaff.uk\/mywp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtetzlaff.uk\/mywp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}