“Thank you.”
“There are cameras everywhere. They’re watching you right now. Do you feel them, caressing your skin?” Jimmy said.
“You’re paranoid, there aren’t any cameras. It’s all in your head, Jimmy. You’re a putrid little monster.”
“I love you so much my balls hurt.”
“You love me, don’t you? You want to have my babies, I know you do.”
“I want to anally rape you.”
“I knew it, you loved me.”
“I love our Lord and Savior. I’m married to Our Lady,” Jimmy said.
“You’re not married, Jimmy. You’re a loser, a loser!”
“No, I’m a winner actually. I graduated from college with a three point eight average. You didn’t even go to college. You sat around being a drunken whore while I worked my ass off.”
“I couldn’t go to college, I was too embarrassed.”
“I want to hold you. Come here.”
“No, you’re a buttfuck. You make me feel like a loser.”
“You are a loser.”
“I’m a good person.”
“So is my asshole.”
“I help the homeless.”
“The homeless are drunk.”
“Unlike you, I do nice things for people.”
“You don’t even listen when people talk!” Jimmy said.
“I’m listening to you right now.”
“No you’re not, you’re waiting for your turn to talk.”
“You’re a fucking asshole. All day you sit in your room reading because you think you’re better than us.”
“I like to read and I don’t like talking to people.”
“You’re talking to me now,” Melissa said.
“Because you came in here, I’m obligated.”
“Do you want me to leave?”
“I want you to love me, I want to share a house with you, I want to grow old with you.”
“No you don’t. You just want to have sex with me.”
“What’s your point? As long as you’re getting attention, you don’t care.”
“Shut up. Why can’t you be nice? You’re always so mean and vulgar.”
“Lick my nuts, lollipop.”
“Do you guys think I’m ugly?” David said.
“No. Sit down. You’re making me nervous,” Melissa said.
David lay back down.
“My mother is dead,” David said.
“We know, you’ve told us a million times. Get over it!” Melissa said.
“She’s watching you, David,” Jimmy said.
“Shut up, Jimmy. His mother is not watching him,” Melissa said.
“I thought you believed in God. Didn’t you tell us all one day that he was coming back, and everyone but you was going to go to hell?”
“He is coming back, and you’re going to hell when he does, Jimmy.”
“Jesus isn’t coming back, and I’m not going hell,” Jimmy said.
“Oh yes you are. People like you go to hell.”
“What kind of person am I?”
“A mean one.”
“I’m a goddamn saint compared to you.”
“I think you’re possessed by devils. My pastor said that some people get possessed by devils and that’s why they become mentally ill.”
“I’m not possessed by shit. You’re ridiculous.”
“My pastor is right. Everything he says is true,” Melissa said.
“Your pastor is an idiot.”
“You’re a turd.”
“You’re a dirty monkey sinner.”
“I’m not a monkey. God created me.”
“God didn’t create shit, even God knows that.”
“God created the world in six days.”
“God lay around and smoked weed for seven days.”
“You’re an evil monster!”
“I’m pure of heart.”
“Fuck you, I’m leaving!”
“Thank God!”
“Do you think I’m ugly?”
*
Jimmy, Melissa, David, and George sat in the smoking room.
George was a man in his early thirties.
“I love smoking. It reminds me of the desert,” Jimmy said.
“You’ve never been in the desert,” Melissa said.
“I live in the desert, see that cactus,” Jimmy said.
“What cactus?” George said while looking around.
“Do you guys think I’m ugly?” David said.
“Yes, David, you’re a monster,” Jimmy said.
“Are you serious?” David asked.
“He’s kidding. David, I find you very attractive,” Melissa said.
“Quit leading him on!” Jimmy said.
“Shut up, Jimmy. You’re a mule cock fucker!” Melissa said.
“I took a shower today,” George said.
“How was that?” Jimmy said.
“I think I forgot to turn on the hot water,” George said.
“Beautiful,” Jimmy said.
“I want to go home, but my parents don’t like me,” Melissa said.
“Don’t go home then. Go to the desert,” Jimmy said.
“I’m already in the desert,” Melissa said.
“Walking alone,” Jimmy said.
“Yes, and forever,” Melissa said.
“You can stay at my house,” George said.
“You live in a group home,” Melissa said.
“I do?” George said.
“George, what happened to you?” Jimmy asked.
“My mother raped me repeatedly when I was little,” George said.
“That’s horrible. You should kill her,” Jimmy said.
“I tried when I got older, then they put me in the mental ward,” George said.
“Where’s my gun?” Melissa said.
“Why do you need a gun?” Jimmy said.
“So I can put George out of his misery. It’s obvious that he’s doomed,” Melissa said.
“We’re all doomed,” Jimmy said.
“Yes, we are,” Melissa said.
“Do you think we will ever see natural sunlight again?” George said.
“We would have to be let out for that to happen,” Jimmy said.
“I’m leaving today, I know it,” Melissa said.
“But where will you go? You’ve pissed off everyone you’ve ever lived with,” Jimmy said.
“I will walk to the desert.”
“The desert is three thousand miles away.”
“I have a good pair of shoes.”
“My mother died, I saw her die, they pulled the plug, and there she lay, dead. My mother, my mother!” David said.
“Did your mother ever stick her finger in your asshole?” George asked.
“No,” David said.
“I’m not dead,” George said.
“No, you’re not. You should be proud.”
“I’m proud to be alive,” Melissa said.
“You’re also a whore,” Jimmy said.
“I’m not a whore,” Melissa said.
“How many people have you had sex with?” Jimmy asked.
“Around forty,” Melissa responded.
“How old are you?” Jimmy asked.
“Twenty-one,” Melissa said.
“You’re a whore,” Jimmy said.
“I’m not. I’m a good girl.”
“You are the death of God,” Jimmy said.
“Shut up, Jimmy. At least I’ve had sex,” Melissa said.
“I’ve had sex, just with people I loved,” Jimmy said.
“You’re incapable of love. You don’t have the ability to create bonds with people,” Melissa said.
“I will one day, I know I will,” Jimmy said.
“I was in love once. She had the most beautiful smile in the world,” George said.
“What happened?” Jimmy said.
“I shot at her, so she left,” George said calmly.
“Why the hell would you shoot at someone you loved?” Jimmy said.
“She was always eating my food,” George said.
“Good reason,” Jimmy said.
“My father shot at me once,” Melissa said.
“How was that?” Jimmy asked.
“I cried for a long time,” Melissa said.
“Sometimes I cry when I think of you, Melissa,” Jimmy said.