Slug Bug Blue-
“Who’s that?”
“It’s gotta be tough.”
“Wanna mc double it again?”
“Yeah that’s cool.”
He turned onto Aurora. “Yeah I miss them I guess,” he said, accelerating. “I don’t think about it.”
“How is she?”
“I don’t know. We haven’t—slug bug yellow—we haven’t talked. I’m hungry.”
“Yeah.”
They turned off the highway and idled into line. They sat while the minivan in front rolled to the first window.
“…Would you like to try a McRib…?”
“We’ll have three McDoubles and three McChickens. Slug bug black! See it? Leaving that taco truck!”
Pepper-
Hell man, thermodynamics beats inertia every time.
What I’m saying is inertia is the tendency.
Waitress: Okay boys?
Yes mamn.
Brother, things fall apart, okay? Nothing stays the same. Don’t let any damn therapist tell you different.
The point is, all things being equal, if an object is moving, it’ll just keep on.
That’s the difference between you and me man. Nothing is equal, we both know it, but you think it’s so damned important to know what it’d be like if things were. Pass the pepper.
You always pepper that omelet.
Next week I’ll get crepes.
Yeah right.
Silhouettes-
She saw silhouettes of condos. Most slept. Some needed the night for other reasons. Some were junkies or dealers or hustlers or whores and some just drove around and looked for things.
“Hey, can I help you?” A cold voice startled her from a porch. She quickened her pace.
“Hey! You hear me?” There were steps behind her. She broke into a run. Around the corner, down the block toward Aurora, Japanese maples, darkness, finally falling on her face in a patch of viburnum.
Behind her it was quiet. Ahead was the noise and the light of the highway.
“Slug bug blue.”
“You miss ‘em?”“Who’s that?”
“It’s gotta be tough.”
“Wanna mc double it again?”
“Yeah that’s cool.”
He turned onto Aurora. “Yeah I miss them I guess,” he said, accelerating. “I don’t think about it.”
“How is she?”
“I don’t know. We haven’t—slug bug yellow—we haven’t talked. I’m hungry.”
“Yeah.”
They turned off the highway and idled into line. They sat while the minivan in front rolled to the first window.
“…Would you like to try a McRib…?”
“We’ll have three McDoubles and three McChickens. Slug bug black! See it? Leaving that taco truck!”
Pepper-
Hell man, thermodynamics beats inertia every time.
What I’m saying is inertia is the tendency.
Waitress: Okay boys?
Yes mamn.
Brother, things fall apart, okay? Nothing stays the same. Don’t let any damn therapist tell you different.
The point is, all things being equal, if an object is moving, it’ll just keep on.
That’s the difference between you and me man. Nothing is equal, we both know it, but you think it’s so damned important to know what it’d be like if things were. Pass the pepper.
You always pepper that omelet.
Next week I’ll get crepes.
Yeah right.
Silhouettes-
She saw silhouettes of condos. Most slept. Some needed the night for other reasons. Some were junkies or dealers or hustlers or whores and some just drove around and looked for things.
“Hey, can I help you?” A cold voice startled her from a porch. She quickened her pace.
“Hey! You hear me?” There were steps behind her. She broke into a run. Around the corner, down the block toward Aurora, Japanese maples, darkness, finally falling on her face in a patch of viburnum.
Behind her it was quiet. Ahead was the noise and the light of the highway.
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