The Tent
“IT SEEMED THEN that all things changed and nothing changed. What happened was so slow and subtle that Steven didn't often know it was happening until after it happened.
It came in stages, almost like scenes from a play or movie that Steven could only see after they happened and only understand after that, like when they went to Calypso.
Calypso, Texas, was small and dusty and flat, like much of Texas. They came into town well after dark and delayed setting up the tent until the next morning. In...stead of sleeping in the truck, they took a room at a motel and had no sooner checked in then the phone rang.
"Hello?" Steven answered.
"I wish to speak to the minister. Is he there?" "Yes?" Corey answered.
Then only short words.
"Yes. I agree. Yes. Please do. Fine. We'll expect you." And he hung up the phone.
"Some men are coming to talk to us," he said to Steven, "about how we can do better." "Do better? We've only been doing this two weeks, and we're already making better than a hundred dollars a day.MoreLess
It came in stages, almost like scenes from a play or movie that Steven could only see after they happened and only understand after that, like when they went to Calypso.
Calypso, Texas, was small and dusty and flat, like much of Texas. They came into town well after dark and delayed setting up the tent until the next morning. In...stead of sleeping in the truck, they took a room at a motel and had no sooner checked in then the phone rang.
"Hello?" Steven answered.
"I wish to speak to the minister. Is he there?" "Yes?" Corey answered.
Then only short words.
"Yes. I agree. Yes. Please do. Fine. We'll expect you." And he hung up the phone.
"Some men are coming to talk to us," he said to Steven, "about how we can do better." "Do better? We've only been doing this two weeks, and we're already making better than a hundred dollars a day.MoreLess
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