On the Treatment of Hypertension
Remaining calm is of paramount importance to hypertension sufferers
I first knew I was a hypertension sufferer when my vein squirted twelve feet after the accident
The accident defaced my child
My child was teased at school
His school was in the hills, the hills of a green country
The green country had for many years been ruled by a powerful dictator
The son of the dictator was a child in my son’s school
The dictator’s son wasn’t allowed to play with the other children
The other children all made fun of him when he and his bodyguards were out of earshot
The dictator’s son somehow understood this
When it was recess this boy would wander to the furthest corner of the playground because he didn’t want to be a nuisance
My son would walk up to the boundary of where the bodyguards stood and stand perfectly still because he didn’t want to alarm the bodyguards or the dictator’s child
The dictator was like his child, misunderstood
He had a speech impediment which changed the words that came out of his mouth as he said them
I was the only person living who could have correctly interpreted the dictator’s words, but I didn’t realize I had gained this talent from the accident
The dictator’s staff wasn’t evil, just well-meaning and obedient
I would go to my grave never knowing about my talent because his staff kept visitors away
My child would of course attend my funeral
At the far end of the cemetary my child witnessed a car drive up, then watched as two bodyguards stepped out, followed by the dictator’s son
The dictator’s son had become tremendously fat, perhaps as a way of closing the distance between himself and his bodyguards
He was too shy to take advantage of the opportunities that would have been available to him as a dictator’s son
When my son noticed the dictator’s son he stood absolutely still and would not move until the rest of the funeral party was gone
The funeral party thought my son was having a nervous breakdown
No one mentioned my son’s behaviour at the reception following the burial
