If we have nothing to talk
about why are we still talking
he could suppose any number of questions
might have surfaced while he was on a long car ride without a working
entertainment console radio or cassettethe
technology when the car was brand spanking new she had fourhundredthousand miles on her now a rebuilt engine she had everything he wanted in a
vehicle that was to say none of the horrendous
technology she was never ever going to drive
herself or be tracked by GPS
any number of questions did presentWells Fargo begging for forgiveness on billboards re-committing to their customers FUCK YOU try this hat on for size your partner cheats on you with every Tom Dick or Harry Sue Jane or Sally an you without a stick of dignity or selfworth stay in the relationship hed be Adios Mumuchachu his partner did not care for his Spanish The word doesn’t exist. It does John One One In the Beginning was the Word I made it up Finish it. You can finnish it I slavicked it I wiped its alternate memory cleanerased the tabula rasa at least that miserable little corner You don’t think I know it? I know you know it You were infected by your mother Your father never would haveeven if you werent taken from him
You gonna finish
it
I
really don’t think I have to.
Aw comon we gotta have something to talk about
she sighed
You sound wearydo I weary . .
.
. You exasperate me.
You dont like being exasperated
by me anymore
I don't know if exasperated cuts
it. You’re unlike, as I've told you before, anyone I’ve ever known
or I’m likely to know.
I think again you underestimate yourselfchronically underestimate underrate yourselfyour possibilities
I should see me through your eyes?
You should though you never willWell always see ourselves as we see ourselves Your selfworth has been maliciously selfishly attacked since you were a little girl Mould a cigar it cant change its shape A human being can
then he remembers why
when he thinks If we have nothing to talk about why are we still talking he remembers he irrevocably put the reins in her hands and avowed that he would support herhe would love her without conditions
Youre gonna finish out John for mecorrect
she smiled Yes. Of course I am. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God.
Goddamn Nailed it
Goddamn Nailed it
You’re . .
. . Irredeemable
that made her laugh open mouthed Irredeemable, yes. Irascible. Irritating. Passionate. Crazy. Invigorating. Encouraging. Right. Rightrightrightright. I need you. I just don’t want youI need you.
. . Irredeemable
that made her laugh open mouthed Irredeemable, yes. Irascible. Irritating. Passionate. Crazy. Invigorating. Encouraging. Right. Rightrightrightright. I need you. I just don’t want youI need you.
You love me
I do.
I love you
I suppose were stuck
We are. We’re stuck. I wouldn’t want to be stuck with anyone but
you.
An
that answers why If we have nothing to talk about why are we still talking
early Thursday
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