<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">The Inheritance</div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="">around the table</div><div class="">each taking a turn </div><div class="">they described how everything was lost</div><div class="">when the fire roared through</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">speaking last, the 74 year old grandmother ...</div><div class="">well, that fire did me a favor</div><div class="">those lousy kids of mine</div><div class="">didn't want that house or my stuff</div><div class="">four generations of it</div><div class="">so</div><div class="">the fire saved me </div><div class="">a lot of trouble trying to figure out</div><div class="">what to do with it</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">hate to say it</div><div class="">but those three of mine</div><div class="">turned out to be</div><div class="">mean insensitive people</div><div class="">and they can go to hell</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">i've already moved into a furnished apartment</div><div class="">and am doing quite well</div><div class="">but when i think back to watching it burn</div><div class="">my god, it still hurts yes. it does.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Richard Retecki</div></body></html>