Q: i am asking again because you didn’t answer
A: answer what
Q: do you smoke weed?
A: no
Q: do you read books?
A: i bend the spines
Q: what do you want to do?
A: oh my goddd, i’m so bored
Q: well i am asking you questions and you need to answer
A: this is so boringgggg
Q: that’s kind of rude
A: ugggh...ughhh..i…uh…i just…ijustneedasecond
bathroom break, finally
it’s dank in here. the room smells.
my cheeks are red
flushed with shame
flushed with embarrassment
flush the toilet
i turn the tap to cold
i don’t like to run the water hot
it dries my skin,
and i am always HOT
hot with something… hot and irritable… hot and seething at the seams
hot for you, at times
turn the tap off
two paper towels, used
four minutes gone
one more dream about you
exit, enter
Q: hey, hope you’re feeling better
A: thanks, i just needed a moment
Q: uh, so, why do you stay?
A: nothing better to do, no where else to go, and no, i’m not never going to leave
Q: what does it taste like, to think of… it?
interesting question, i will suck on it
twist it in my mouth
bend its spine
A: very, very good
Q: favorite colors?
A: red and blue, white and black
Q: well, we can start wrapping it up
A: finally
Q: you’re so blunt
A: …
Q: ok, do you have any advice for the audience?
A: you come from nothing but you are now more than nothing, and some things are just the sum of something else