Trio

1 -
That's not it. That's not how it goes.

Who said there was a rul..

I did. I fucking did. I make the rules in my life and you follow them or you get the hell out of my way.

Don't you think you need to calm down just a little? Don't you think you are overreacting?
No. Not one bit. Do you know what it feels like to be addicted? Do you? Do you know what it feels like to be addicted and not be able to do anything about it but continue to feed the addiction day after day after a long night? My life is a damn mess. I move from one addiction to a recovery and into another addiction to beat the next one. Booze to come down from cocaine. Sex to come down from heroin. Exercise to come down from theft. Marriage to come down from the hookups and back to affairs to end the monotony of monogamy.

I can't deal with this.
Who said you had to?

I've been with your for over 5 years now and supported you and stood by you, but not any more.

What made you stay so long? Pleasant conversation? My good looks? I haven't loved for a long time and you shouldn't need me to say it to your face to know that. When you walk in the door night after night and I walk right by you into the garage till the next morning and you don't do a goddamn thing? What kind of person are you to take that? Just go. Go back to your job. Go back to raising your kids and leave me alone.

2 -
Ah, yes.
Can I help you?
Yes. I'm here to join the church.
What church are you coming from?
Coming from? None. No. No. You misunderstand me. I heard about your church and how you can have multiple wives and stuff, so I want you to hook me up with a couple.
I'm sorry, but you are in the wrong place. We are not that type of organization and that practice is...
Look. I know that's what you say to the press and to the police, but I've seen the compounds. I've seen the tv shows. I know it goes on and I just want a couple wives. Not together you know. One in New York and one in California. Because I go back a forth a lot. That's how it works right? You can get me a wife in both places and cover it up from the cops so they won't charge me with any crimes.
Sir. You're going to have to leave. You really have the wrong information. Whatever you have heard or read or seen has been a lie.
Tweerp.
Excuse me?
Tweerp. Basket. Five
Sir?
Tweerp. Basket. Five. Thousand.
Ok then. We are in business. If you'll just go around the corner and through that door. Doris will be able to show you around and let you meet some of the congregation. Bless you son and welcome.

3 -
It's about time. Trudging past the cars tonight. Daylight heading past accountability. I move slow and with no purpose. End result brings no joy. Brings no faith. New faces appear on the side of the road looking for the next meal. Every hand out wishes it was someplace else and every eyes averted wish they were too. I feel nothing as I pass. No sorrow. No pity. The worst kind of feeling - ambivalence.