Frederick

            The loss of personal possessions can be worse than death. Frederick was a writer. He migrated from coffee shop to coffee shop, and his laptop bore scars and stains on all faces. Finally one day, he dropped it on a table and it quit, destroying all of his poetry and stories. If he was a character in one of his stories, he would have done something drastic. Instead he tearfully ordered a black coffee and when he tried to grab it, his hand passed right through the cup. For personal possessions, on occasion, are more substantial than the person himself.