crushed, absolutely crushed

those of you that know me well, know that i make little wire sculptures of various characters that look really good hanging off of rear view mirrors in cars, or on business cards for people like my brother. anyways, the first one of these characters that i made was created when i was in college, and it was a little wire man on a swing. as he hung from my rear view mirror he would swing back and forth in succession with the car. since this little man i have not created any others that i have liked just as much. i've made a superhero, a guitar man, a couple more swinging ones, and i believe a baseball player, but they all paled in comparison.

well this little wire man even made the transfer from car to car with me last october, but the other day, at some point, he accidentally fell out of my car without my knowledge. i believe it to be a day or two later when i noticed him missing on my ride home. i figured that he simply fell off in my car, so when i arrived home i took the time to look around for him, but he was no where to be found. when i opened the door of my car to head inside i looked to down at the pavement only to find my happy little swinging man had been crushed and was laying only inches from my car. he was covered in oily residue and flattened into a pancake. a horrific scene for any of weak heart to behold.

so this is my formal apology to you little swinger man, after 4 years of knowing and caring for you, i am sorry that we won't have more time together. i will replace you with a new swinging man, and i promise to more securely fasten him to my rear view mirror so as not to have a repeat of this horror.