asked casually    Sowhere yawanna die

it landed like a slap across his face Are you serious? breath fast

Wha  You know me to ask unserious questions toss softballs

                                                                        In bed

Yeah. Yeah.  I think in bed is the perfect place.

   Really

          Im curious  Do tell

What’s to tell? In my bed.

Coudbe in a hospitalcoud have been in it for months sucking recirculated air head strapped in an EHMR elastomeric half mask respiratorlook at me  used an acronym despite my disgust you woudnt have known

I wouldn’t?

No

I said my bed.

Hospital bed coudbe your bed

Bed in my home.

Why exasperated I was clarifying your answer

                                                  Reread your will recently  Youre pretty sloppy inexact regarding your intentions

You a fuckin esquire?

Rhetorical

              So you aspire to expire in your bed

Cute.

        And you don’t?you usually say before we’ve gotten in this deep.

   Usually

              I wasnt prepared for your upset  Kneejerkish

Oh, so like your question wasn’t upsetting?

Were gonna die I didnt think Id upset you

                                               Also

he nodded  Also.  Also what?

I assume in your sleep in your bed

I think dying in bed assumes one’s asleep.

   I don think so

We’ll disagree.

                So if not in your bed if not in your sleep . . . where do you want to die?

Not so much where

                        I want to see it coming

Entered unknowing

I want to see it coming

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