TODAY IN HISTORY

 

LOVE, TRAVIS

Dear Father and Mother: 

July is the month I remember which brings not only your wedding anniversary but also Father's Day and Mother's birthday. I'm sorry I can't remember the exact dates, but I hope this card will take care of them all. 

I'm sorry again I cannot send you my address like I promised to last year. But the sensitive nature of my work for the government demands utmost secrecy. I know you will understand. 

I am healthy and well and making lots of money. I have been going with a girl for several months and I know you would be proud if you could see her. Her name is Betsy but I can tell you no more than that... 

I hope this card finds you all well as it does me. 

I hope no one has died. 

Don't worry about me. One day, they'll be a knock on the door and it'll be me. 

Love, Travis.

ONLY AS HEALTHY

I tried several times to call her, but after the first call, she wouldn't come to the phone any longer. 

I also sent flowers but with no luck. 

The smell of the flowers only made me sicker. 

The headaches got worse. 

I think I got stomach cancer. 

I shouldn't complain though. 

You're only as healthy, 

you're only as healthy as you feel. 

You're only as... 

healthy... 

as... 

you... 

feel.

GOD'S LONELY MAN

Loneliness has followed me my whole life. 

Everywhere. 

In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. 

There's no escape. 

I'm God's lonely man.

Print source.

OK, SO LONG

Hello Betsy.  

Hi, it's Travis. 

How ya doin'? 

Listen, uh, I'm, I'm sorry about the, the other night. 

I didn't know that was the way you felt about it. 

Well, I-I didn't know that was the way you felt. 

I-I-I would have taken ya somewhere else. 

Uh, are you feeling better or oh you maybe had a virus or somethin', a 24-hour virus you know. It happens. 

Yeah, umm, you uh, you're workin' hard. Yeah. 

Uh, would you like to have, uh, some dinner, uh with me in the next, you know, few days or somethin'? 

Well, how about just a cup of coffee? I'll come by the, uh, headquarters or somethin', we could, uh... 

Oh, OK, OK. 

Did you get my flowers in the...?

You didn't get them? I sent some flowers, uh... 

Yeah, well, OK, OK. 

Can I call you again? Uh, tomorrow or the next day? 

OK. No, I'm gonna... 

OK. Yeah, sure, OK. So long.

I SEE YOU HERE

I think you're a lonely person. 

I drive by this place a lot and I see you here. 

I see a lot of people around you. 

And I see all these phones and all this stuff on your desk. 

It means nothing. 

Then when I came inside and I met you, I saw in your eyes and I saw the way you carried yourself that you're not a happy person. 

And I think you need something. 

And if you want to call it a friend, you can call it a friend.

AN ANGEL

I first saw her...at 63rd and Broadway. 

She was wearing a white dress. 

She appeared like an angel. 

Out of this filthy mess, she is alone. 

They...cannot...touch...

SOMETHING BETWEEN US

When I walked in and I saw you two sitting there, I could just tell by the way you were both relating that there was no connection whatsoever. 

And I felt when I walked in that there was something between us. 

There was an impulse that we were both following. 

So that gave me the right to come in and talk to you. 

Otherwise, I never would have felt that I had the right to talk to you or say anything to you. 

I never would have had the courage to talk to you. 

And with him, I felt there was nothing and I could sense it. 

When I walked in, I knew I was right. 

Did you feel that way?

CLEAN, LIKE MY CONSCIENCE

"The idea had been growing in my brain for some time... true force. All the king's men cannot put it back together again."

If we don't, remember me.