Friday's (Brief) Moral Dilemma
May. 6th, 2025 11:49 amFirst half was Henry--and very enjoyable (tho' I'd actually bought tickets to see Brian).
At the beginning of the second half, after the lights went down a gentleman slipped into one of the empty seats to watch the prcoeedings. Which were highly enjoyable. When he nipped away at the end, he dropped then pen he'd been holding (along with a couple of books). I picked it up. It wasn't a very prepossessing pen, not your one of a kind, sentimentally valuable fountain pens, just a reasonably ordinay fibre tip or roller ball (I didn't check). But what it was, of course, was Hentry Normal's pen. A trophy! Proof I went to see the two poets on May 2nd 2025.
So, did I stroll out keeping my treasure or hand it back. If it had been a valuable item, or obviousy personalised, I'd've not given it a thought. Straight back to its owner it goes. But a random plastic pen? I wavered for a moment and then handed it back to him where he was signing, "just in case it was a favourite".