Speak up

[I'm a bit hard of hearing.]

I like writing dialogue. It goes faster than prose. It feels good.

"Dude, you fucked up."
"One person's fuck up is another person's up fuck."
"What? That doesn't even make sense."
"You must be on the up fuck side then."

*

"I'll see you tomorrow."
"No you won't, we're not meeting until Monday."
"I know. But I'll see you."

*

"That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen."
"I know, right?"
"I totally want one."
"I know, right?"

*

"I think it's raining outside. You should bring a coat."
"Coats are for pussies. Badasses don't need coats to stay warm."
"Badasses like penguins? Penguins don't wear coats. Well, they look like they are, but they aren't."
"Badass."

*

"I've gotta go."
"Why?"
"This place don't exist no more and I'm afraid I won't exist no more if I stay. You should leave, too. Get far out from here. Don't come back."
"But I've lived here all my life."
"then you ain't never existed, boy."

*

"How many more are there?"
"Six, I think. Yeah, six."
"That shouldn't be too hard then. We've got time on our side anyway."
"Six mouths talk a lot faster than you think."
"Well, then what do you suggest we do?"
"You still got that bottle Frank gave you?"
"Yeah."
"What's left in it?"
"I dunno, a good third of--shit, man, you're not gonna-"
"Not alone I'm not. Come on. We're gonna need to get there before they do."

*

I'm not gonna lie. I don't know what the fuck to do."
"Oh come on. It's not that big of a deal."
"The fuck it isn't--you just don't get it, do you?"
"I do. We're just not looking at this the same way."
"You're not looking at it at all, goddamn it!"
"That's one way of looking at it."