\u201cWhat do you think of Kurt Cobain?\u201d I ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jerry stuffs his mouth with pancakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy do you ask?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I pick up my empty glass and shake it in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think he might be immortal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s stupid,\u201d\u2014Jerry talks with his mouth full\u2014\u201clike, he didn\u2019t die or something?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I reply, \u201cNot exactly,\u201d still shaking my glass. When I see the waitress crossing the diner towards us, I repeat, \u201cNot exactly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey say Courtney did it. And you know what he was listening to? On his Walkman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCan I get more\u2014thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cREM.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat song?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t remember. What a band. . . .\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jerry then asks for more pancake, more syrup, before turning back to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWait, why did you ask again?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been thinking about immortality,\u201d I say. \u201cI\u2019ve been thinking about nirvana.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Author, poet, translator, and doctoral student in Spanish Creative Writing at the University of Houston. Iv\u00e1n Brave lives in his hometown of Houston, Texas, with his wife and son. His vision is to see the next generation of Houstonians create, read more, and thrive. Humor, love, and the humanities are the themes closest to his heart.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n