Monday, July 31, 2006

The return of the aura

A: Is there something crawling around up there?

B: Yeah, probably.

A: (pause) So, are you going to go up and find out?

B: I can't imagine why I would.

A: Aren't you concerned? Curious, maybe? Wouldn't you like to creep around up in the rafters with some pointy weapon and visit a little lethal aggression on an anonymous pest-creature? It's OK to kill animals - They don't have a Jesus to punish you.

B: That's not funny. Why would you say that to a person who doesn't have any legs? You're a cruel bastard.

A: Well, I'm not the one who -

B: That's enough.

A: You don't ever let me talk.

B: I would try to listen more, but I'm completely middle-fingered out tonight. Try again tomorrow.

A: (pause) OK.

B: OK.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

your ability to create verbs from nouns (ie "middle-fingered out") is astonishing. wish I had such talent.