Plunk. — Man like go ahead I mean I’m for everybody doing what they want to do man… plunka plunka — I mean that’s how it ought to be everybody doing their own…
— Tell you something Al, if I did what I want to do right now you’d go out of here in a God damned sack. Now get this one up off the…
— Man look I mean he’s having this identity crisis man don’t hassle him…
— Great, all for him doing what he wants to too just tell him to go have it someplace wait, here God damn it give me that…
— Man like let him keep it what is it, I mean…
— It’s a Wide Man what the hell does it look damn it let go of it! he twisted a turbaned figure clutching a casket from the desperate grasp — bring them up Christmas Eve I’ll tell them the story of Baby Jeeter and the Three Wide Men right now just get them both the hell out of here… he followed her hitching gait as far as the tub where she stopped to finally free the other leg, followed the flap of sandals to the door where he dragged in a bundle of newspapers.
— Man like how did we know you’ll still be here this morning… She balled the denim under an arm, shook the plaid legs out their full length — I mean like Bast he didn’t come back yet?
The newspaper bundle cleared QUICK QUAKER to slide off and settle among lampshades and he turned to drag in a carton, — last I heard he was in Ohio…
— Oh wow. I mean like where’s that. She held up the plaids — like I got him these bigger pants but I mean you really need them man. I mean like what happened.
He heaved the carton up past
— I mean you ought to see yourself man, like I mean once they gave Al this kidney test where he pissed purple right down the front of your pants and this black all over your face I mean you look like you didn’t even shave since I saw you…
— Wash and shave as soon as I get these God damned boxes in been moving boxes around this God damned place since I…
— Man look out you busted the, don’t throw it!
— Where in, what the hell…
— What does it look like I mean it’s about a million book matches, I mean I just told you it’s busted don’t try and throw it didn’t I? Now look what you did you got them dumped all over the…
— All right! look just get the corner there and push it in will you? Who the hell’s sending a case of matchbooks…
— Man like who the hell’s sending anything and I mean what are you pushing all these boxes in there around for anyway, you found your Tootsie Rolls?
— What my, no my notes no looking for a typewriter have to type this whole God damned thing over again cheese and tomato all over it where you and Bast…
— Me and Bast what man I mean like Schramm’s typewriter it’s right in by those brown books, I mean all this work you said you came here to do and you…
— Yes well God damn it look! get anything done here, get through one simple sentence without somebody banging on the door troop of idiots comes in to rehearse phone ringing…
— Man like so let it ring… she was unwadding a tattered scrap of newspaper — I mean like why answer it then.
— Because I’ve been waiting for a call… he scaled a bundle over Appletons’—waiting for an important call, now what…
— Look man I mean I just need to make like this one call okay?
She turned away to reach up and dial, drew his eyes up — whole God damned reason I’m trying to get this work done…
— Hello? Like did you have this ad in the paper about… hello? I mean look my friend showed me this ad in the paper where you want this girl to… No but like for how much, I mean… no but I mean like what do you want me to do screw a horse in… what like right now? I mean I can come now if… ask for Mister what? Like c h… i? c i…? No man I mean I know where the hotel is I’m coming right down… She sank to 24–12 Oz Btls Fragile! to tie a moccasin — man like these pants I just brought you, I mean like can you give me five dollars?
— Five what do you, you didn’t bring them to me I didn’t ask you for them look I’ve got a suit to pick up at Tripler’s why the hell would I want…
— Man like walk into Triplets like that I mean they’d call the police, I mean look man these cost eleven ninety-seven look at the tag and I mean I need cab fare they said come right down for this inter…
— Christ here take the five dollars… he straightened up from the last bundle of newspapers — well now wait what, you just sold them to me what the hell are you putting them back on for.
— Man like I’m borrowing them I just said I have to go to this interview, it’s like some publicity thing I mean how do I know what they want me to do… her leg gaped fighting a foot back into the plaid from 24–12 Oz Btls Fragile! — screw a horse in Macy’s window?
— God damndest customer loyalty to Macy’s… he heaved the last bundle toward Appletons’, lifted the door closed — how they ever earned it from such a discriminating…
