' ' ' Love Is Like A 147(For Max)

Your death lay hidden waiting for me curled up in the telephone jumping out as my mouth mouthed the words. “Yes...yes...I understand! ” I, understanding nothing. Trapped inside this silence unable to believe the realness of your smile becoming only a memory. The sound of your laughter in my mind starting the tears. ******* Casting around for words for a Valentine’s Day card(we had been making fractal constructions) we finally decided to go with Max’s definition of what Love is.. This was highly coloured by Max’s all abiding love for snooker and his hero Ronnie O’ Sullivan. The card now read: “LOVE IS...LIKE A 147… IT CLEARS THE TABLE FASTER THAN A RONNIE O’ SULLIVAN.” A 147 being the biggest break you can get in snooker. Max had the most amazing energy and delight in life…he lived fully in the moment. The world is a lonelier place without his love of life.