All We Want is Everything
“He’s two hours late.
“You got skinny, brother. Big boys steal your food in there? Call it the lock-up diet?”
The sky is empty above us as we hit the outskirts of town. Toby’s got all the windows open, but the car still smells like bud and Burger King wrappers. The radio dial is covered in grease.
“We gotta go check in on the old man; he’s been after Mom again. Dropped a full ton of gravel in her driveway last week. Said since she kept the rock on her finger, he may as well add to the pile. Spra...y painted happy birthday over the whole thing, too. Asshole still remembers her birthday out of spite, I swear to God. And she won’t shut up about it. He’s still got it in for you, by the way, so maybe you can talk it out. Just don’t get me too involved, okay?”
Up and down both sides of the highway, sunflowers stand hunched over brittle stalks. Their massive heads droop down toward the poisoned soil. Too much fertilizer makes it impossible for them to follow the sun. A few ruptured husks blow onto the road, but the tires crush them as we drive past.MoreLess
“You got skinny, brother. Big boys steal your food in there? Call it the lock-up diet?”
The sky is empty above us as we hit the outskirts of town. Toby’s got all the windows open, but the car still smells like bud and Burger King wrappers. The radio dial is covered in grease.
“We gotta go check in on the old man; he’s been after Mom again. Dropped a full ton of gravel in her driveway last week. Said since she kept the rock on her finger, he may as well add to the pile. Spra...y painted happy birthday over the whole thing, too. Asshole still remembers her birthday out of spite, I swear to God. And she won’t shut up about it. He’s still got it in for you, by the way, so maybe you can talk it out. Just don’t get me too involved, okay?”
Up and down both sides of the highway, sunflowers stand hunched over brittle stalks. Their massive heads droop down toward the poisoned soil. Too much fertilizer makes it impossible for them to follow the sun. A few ruptured husks blow onto the road, but the tires crush them as we drive past.MoreLess
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