Something Zen

A tall, thin man; Lucas Bonner looked younger than 40. His suit fit him perfectly. It was gray, conservative, devoid of personality with a gray tie knotted in the center of his neck. Lucas handed me a manila folder and a zip drive.

"Caleb, this will be our only contact. I am neither hungry for answers nor starved for attention."

I looked around the isolated parking deck, experienced a moment of zen, and asked my first question.

"How long will you live?"

Lucas smirked and replied.

"I am a hybrid. I will be well over 100 years when I expire."



*blogger's note* - This is another episode of the story I am writing. The other ones are here:
1) Synchronicity

2) Personality Crisis

3) Serendipity 6

4) Hot Dog Harbinger

5) Goodbye Stranger

6) The House of Irony

7) Connection

8) Dead Man's Party

9) Hope Springs A Turtle

10) Drown

11)  Toyed

12) Fever

13) The Girlfriend Experience

14) Sympathy for the Devil

15) Tomorrow, The Green Grass

16) Possession

17) Numb

18) Cage

19) Bullet Hits The Bone

20) Shut Your Eyes

21) Lone Justice

22) Threshold

23) Just
24) Called Out
25) Something Zen

This is in the form of 100 words for the great 100 word challenge at @velvetverbosity 's http://www.velvetverbosity.com/ The one word prompt is STARVED.

Today's song is what has been playing in my head all day. The first lines are awesome: "There must be something we can eat. Should find another lover? Should I fly to Los Angeles, find my asshole brother."
Gavin Rossdale wrote this song about his new age philosophy spouting friend Perry Farrell (then of Jane's Addiction). To me, for this story entry, the song represents Caleb's exasperation with logical answers being hard to find and grasping the bigger truth. Here's Bush's Everything Zen...break out your best air grunge guitar.