#tom spaulding

he would run to the bathroom and stand enchanted with the secret note in his hand, poised, ready to send it on its way. And the note would read, “Dear Mermaid, I am Tom Spaulding and I live at 11 South Saint James in Green Town, Illinois and—” Then he would press the toilet handle. The clear cool waters would gush with a throttling roar down the tile throat. At the very last moment, he would drop his secret note into the vanishing river. The waters would cease flowing. All would be quiet. The note was gone.

Hey, if you want more media about sibling relationships kind of like The Outsiders, Tex, or even Dandelion Wine, please watch The Straight Story. The sibling relationship isn’t necessarily the centerpiece the entire time (there’s lots of layers and they’re all great), but it is very much what drives the story. Great movie that tbh kind of made me contemplate my mortality and got me existential again.