I said " dad, I don't wanna die"
He laughed
pulled on his menthol kool
exhaled
gulped a sip of a PBR
laughed some more
took a deep breath and said
" Son, your sixteen year old punk, still wet behind the ears but since you asked I'm gonna tell you. Your already dead, thus is a dream, so dream big, and when you die your finally gonna wake up! Now, cut the grass"
Been pretty straight ever since. Ornery ******* was right all along.