roommate was going on and on in their own little world

he didnt want to disrupt them

they were on a tear

glancing at the clock hands read onefiftyfour slender red secondhand swept past nineteen twenty twentyone twentytwo  three  four  five  had to get back to what he was yammering about  bet the sixseven second gap wouldnt make a difference

                                                      didnt

trying to interrupt he waved him off  physically waved it aside

                                                                     restrained himself  he didnt looking at the clock again

Hey man times tickin  Wha hes talkinbout is asinine ten eleven twelv . .

. . Gotcha  Youre funny

Tryin to alleviate your pain

                                Yawant me us to interrupt

You

Jah me

Since when

Remember last time you fell out of bed

No

You were a kid

I don remember

Thas awright a long time ago  You didnt fall out of bed  We pushed you

                                                                                 It ever occur to you tha sometimes people arent really responsible for their actions

shaking his head no  No

Actually jah

Some suicides

                   Those shallow maudlin rejoinders I never thought theyd jump theyd OD step in front of a train a car

Fall out of bed

 

Thas chilling

We have our ways Take our lives in our own hands they looked at the slender red secondhand  Burn down the house  Theres always another one to inhabit

                                                    We can interrupt

Wha  Talk to his mariachi

He has noas you call us  mariachi

                                     His house is vacant  Undesirable  Its hard to appreciate why you share space with him

It helps pay the bills Its only for the short term build a nest egg

Theres tha

               There is tha

No

      No  No thanks

I appreciate the thoughtfulness  The freakin information   Didnt see tha comin

Thas awright

                 Youre welcome

cleared his throat loudly

                                  I think thas enough

eyes started tried to wave aside the interruption

Thas enough

I don’t think so.

No  Youre not thinking    Disgorging

                                         Ifya gave it real thought I mean a hard hard look Youd understand thaya cant bluff someone whos not playing

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