Take It to the River

Take It to the River My friends and I used to have this saying, take it to the river. We all lived together in an apartment on 11th Street. Whenever something went wrong or brokeâ€"lamps, typewriters, coffee mugsâ€"wed get drunk on the Hudson and end up throwing it all in the water. Sometimes, even if our things werent brokenâ€"like a shirt we didnt like anymore or a book that wasnt very goodâ€"we would say take it to the river.  And somewhere along our years of friendships we started applying that little phrase to life itself. Your girlfriend dumped you? Take it to the river. Job not working out? Take it to the river. Feeling stuck, useless, or broken? Take it to the river. Editors note: The river in this essay is a metaphor. Please dont throw your microwave in the Hudson. Take it to the river by recycling it.