Page 379 of Glass (Crank 2)

Please don’t cry. Come here.

I’ll make you feel better.

We get high. Make love.

Lie softly folded together.

We’re good together, aren’t we?

And this is just the beginning.

The beginning of what?

And why does it feel so much

like an ending?

We Live an Endless

Mindless cycling.

Buzzed.

Barely buzzed.

Crash.

Buzzed again.

Recycling.

Buzzed.

Barely buzzed.

Crash.

Buzzed again.

Augmented by

a different cycling.

Score.

Pay up.

Deal.

Score more.

Or, depending on

what’s due when,

Score.

Forge checks.