Friday, July 12, 2013

#39 A Conversation in Reno


You tattoo your failures on, on to your length of arm; they may run wrist to shoulderblade.
            -Matt Pryor

He sat at the table, a can of PBR in his right hand. –All this skin took years to finish. Crazy, man. I would have it lazered off but I like to keep it as a reminder.
            -Of what?
            He points to the arc and the great flood, the dove with branch, the three crosses atop Golgatha. –I keep it as a reminder of man’s penchant for belief in just about anything, no matter how terrible the consequences. I’m not sure it all happens like I was told.
            -Then what happens?
            He points to the pitbull staring out the window. –If I treated her like she was born bad and would never be goodnatured, guess what, she’d be one of those dogs you hear about on the news, eating kids and shit. Aggressive breeds? Look at her. I don’t think it’s the dog’s fault. Maybe the master is to blame.

-For AJ

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