Conversation after a stroke

May 31, 97 | 10:19 pm

"so, what do the doctors say."

"i had a s-s-s-s-"

"a stroke"

"yeah. d-d-d-don't ffff-f-finch my sentences ffff-f-f-for me."

"i'm sorry."

"you didn't have to c-c-come, you know. we d-d-did break up."

"i wanted to come."

"maybe you ought to leave. you're absolved. n--n-n-no guilt."

"i'm not leaving you like this."

"the thing of it is, arthur, is i d-d-don't want to get used to h-h-having you around. i start to lean on you, i f-f-f-fall in love with you again, and then we have a fight and bail out and i'm crushed l-l-l-like an, an an orange."

"i think you mean bug. crushed like a bug."

"w-w-whatever."