overcast


the skies
and
my heart
are 
heavy 
this day
silly 
maybe
but 
today 
at 1 p.m. EDT
the last network televised episode of 
will air.

41 years 
of 
new episodes daily
except 
for major holidays 
when they re-ran some episode that maybe sort of or not tied into what the current storyline was  
a show 
that was once great 
it
dealt with social issues 
as well as the 
soapy absurd
but 
suffered in recent years 
due to the arrogance 
of the not so brilliant head of something or other 
at 
ABCDisney 
a man, Brian Frons, who 
decided 
perhaps as soon as he got the job 
that no one wanted to watch soaps.  

Whatever.  

I am sad 
I wont come home
after a long day dealing with reality 
to an escape 
albeit for only 45 minutes 
(without commercials, that's what the Fast Forward button is for) 

it was something 
I counted 
on to let me 
forget 
whatever 
upset 
or 
bugged me.  

Pine Valley with all its wacky citizens:

"The Great and the Least,
The Rich and The Poor,
The Weak and The Strong,
In Sickness and in Health,
In Joy and Sorrow
In Tragedy and Triumph
You are 
ALL MY CHILDREN"

thank you
Agnes Nixon
for some of the 
best 
silliest 
out there 
soapy 
characters and story lines
evah.