a – scuffle of feet at 4 am.

b – a chainsaw



a: followed the dotted line?

b: never saw such a thing.

a: parable?

b: no. amnesia.

a: inflamation. murmur. voice.

b: perhaps candles.

a: no. not cinema.

b: perhaps calendars.

a: no. leave off the empty promises.

b: so, the only way to bellow is to upset the tempo?

a: perhaps rumble… yes, a seed.

b: please, no more embezzling.

a: no, not crime. a lasso.

b: frayed.

a: knotted.

b: brittle.

a: dry?

b: sere.

a: that’s stubborn.

b:

a: then i’ll rope something bright in the sky.

b: you can’t hold it and the rope in your hands together.

a: exactly.

b: moths.

a: diamonds.

b: gravity.

a: song.

b: treacle.

a: earwax.

b: safety.

a: insurance?

b: safety.

a: the spoils…

b: … tinsel.

a: paste?

b: precisely.

a: ah, but when the crescendo comes…

b: … by then…

a: … gone to bed?

b: no. well, yes.

a: fine. then, i’m going out with the wind.

b: please don’t.

a: i see.

b: she won’t catch you.

a: won’t have to.

b: inventions.

a: breath.

b: clockwork.

a: no. it wrinkles.