Why can't I be like Superman?
1.
I needed a plane to fly from New Jersey to Las Vegas on March 1 2010, why could I not have flown like he does? Soaring high above the clouds majestic and strong, my steel that day unlike Superman's mighty armor, was made of aluminum and had wings.
And why did I have to pay twenty dollars to get from the airport to my hotel at the MGM GRAND? I bet he would not have had to pay, oh wait once again he flies, he don't need cabs, I guess it's good to be him. Walking miles to find my room, falling down on the bed once I got there, I bet superman does not get tried, must be nice.
Ninety dollars for two people to eat lunch, does Superman need to eat? Thirty dollars for two pre dinner drinks, does Superman drink? Oh wait he is a good man, moral and just. Two hundred seventy dollars without tip for two people to dine at a steak restaurant, does Superman need such indulgence?
Then to a little late night gambling, and a two hundred twenty dollar win at the dog track, Superman would never gamble, me I guess I am just human. Then off to bed for the big day coming up, does Superman sleep, most likely he sleeps like a baby, what he has to worry about he isn't human, once again must be nice.
Waking at seven thirty am on March the second 2010, going to the bathroom, does Superman have to relive himself? Having my brother get my pills in my suit case, does Superman need pills? Grabbing my chest and have a massive heart attack at the age of forty, can Superman have a massive heart attack? I think not, me falling over the night stand, does Superman fall? Well I guess yes, I will give him that one.
My brother calling the hotel operator, does Superman have a brother? The emergency team arriving, and finding me flat lined on the night stand, cutting off my shirt, and performing chest compressions to no avail, would Superman ever need chest compressions? Shocking me four times and still flat line, getting my heart going again in the elevator, only for it to stop again in the ambulance, did Superman ever ride in an ambulance? Rushing me into the cath lab, to find that my left descending artery in my heart had collapsed, does Superman have a heart?
Being put on life support, having a stent put in my heart to open up the artery, having my wife and brother at my side, does Superman have a wife? Given my last rites, being in a coma for five days, did Superman ever lapse into a coma?
Why can't I be like Superman?
To be continued
Part 2 waking in hell