News From Poughkeepsie – Day 112

The New Adventures of…Muhammad Ali

Leroy wanted to be the greatest. So he bought The Greatest™.

“It’s more than just a personal body upgrade,” the doctor had said. “It’s a personality upgrade, a consciousness upgrade. You’ll see the world in a whole new way.”

Leroy had concerns, which he tried to voice. But the doctor had easily brushed them aside.

“If you were really concerned about your organic personality, I would not suggest going through this procedure. That said, if are you really happy with who are? Are you the greatest you could be?”

Leroy accepted this, signed the forms and prepared himself for the procedure. When it was all over, a nurse brought him over to a mirror to look at his new, muscular body. She asked him how he felt.

“A rooster crows only when it sees the light,” Leroy said. “Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing…”