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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

shower


by nick nelson



every time i tell you to leave you just come back.

because i never left in the first place.

don’t you know when you are not wanted

i know that that the sun will shine.

i know that i don’t like you any more.

you should get out more.

why don’t you go to a movie?

there are no movies any more.

of course there are. i watched one on my phone this morning when i was taking a shower.

how was it?

you mean the movie?

no, the shower.

it got me nice and clean.

i am happy to hear it.

thank you.

what was the movie like?

it was all right.

what was it all about?

it was about a future society where people are not allowed to take showers.

why was that?

because dinosaurs from the center of the earth had conquered humanity and put them to work building a great bonfire to attract the dinosaurs’ cousins who were searching the galaxy for them.

that sounds stupid.

you mean the movie or the dinosaurs?

the humans, for losing to the dinosaurs. they should have had somebody like genghis khan or george s patton or batman defeat the dinosaurs.

i guess they just didn’t think of it.

and what did building the bonfires have to do with the humans taking showers?

they didn’t have time they were so busy building the bonfire, bonfire singular, not plural. besides, the humans’ hygiene was not a priority for the dinosaurs.

and then what?

i got out of the shower and got dressed.

that tie doesn’t go with that shirt.

you are not even wearing a tie.

so?

who are you to criticize my tie when you are afraid to even wear a tie because you might look foolish for wearing the wrong one.

oh, so you are a mind reader now?

of course i can read minds. how else could i carry on a civilized and coherent conversation?

there you go again. getting off the subject, and away with murder.


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