Thomas Chang, Life Insurance

Mr. Chang is a young man; youngish man...younger than I am. He sells insurance. He speaks to people of things that are staid and stable and the foundation of the nebulous future. So, his friend, John Wesley S., passed away. John had been a satisfied policy holder since 1991. It was touching to think that John approached that tunnel of light with his insubstantial hands wrapped about a phantom policy of Thomas Chang's. And last week, a wife of a long time policy holder called to tell him that the l.t.p.h. had been hit by a motorcycle helmet, lapsed into a coma, and died! It seemed the irony of being killed by head injuries inflicted by a head protection device bothered Tom as much as , if not more so, than the passing of l.t.p.h. He takes solace in the assurance of the continuity of Underwriting. I should get him a copy of The Crimson Permanent Assurance that he may sail the wide accountant-cy.