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One night in Bangkok

The guy with the pierced ears: Do you read?

The woman with the tattoo: No. I write

Pierced ears: What do you write?

Tattoo: Jokes

Pierced ears: Are they funny?

Tattoo: How should I know?

Pierced ears: Send me one...

Tattoo: I just did

Pierced ears: Idiot!

Tattoo: What?

Pierced ears: Tell me what you really write.

Tattoo: Stories

Pierced ears: What kind?

Tattoo: The kind that have no endings

Pierced ears: You mean incomplete stories?

Tattoo: No. The stories are complete but they have no endings

Pierced ears: Weirdo! Send me a sexy picture of you. 

Tattoo: I don't have any

Pierced ears: Put your phone to good use then and click some. 

Tattoo: Wait... I have some pictures but I'm not sure if they're what you could call sexy...

Pierced ears: Show me?

Tattoo: Here you go... 

Pierced ears: These are hot! Why would you think otherwise?

Tattoo: I wasn't feeling very sexy the day they were taken.

Pierced ears: Who clicked them? 

Tattoo: A sociopath

Pierced ears: Ouch! Why did you let him near you?

Tattoo: I didn't know at the time

Pierced ears: You wanna tell me what happened?

Tattoo: No, not really

Pierced ears: Okay. These are great though... You're gorgeous! 

Tattoo: You think?

Pierced ears: I know so. Do you remember when we first met? When D introduced us? 

Tattoo: Hmm... yeah

Pierced ears: I texted him later asking more about you. I couldn't get you out of my mind. D was like Bro she is way older than you and is probably not interested in boys your age. 

Tattoo: Ha ha yeah... D was right 

Pierced ears: I'm going to ignore that... 

Tattoo: I said he was right... about me being much older!

Pierced ears: Idiot!

Tattoo: Hmm

Pierced ears: Are you still in touch with the sociopath?

Tattoo: No. He died

Pierced ears: How?

Tattoo: I killed him

Pierced ears: Come on... tell me the truth...

Tattoo: It is the truth. I killed him

Pierced ears: Why?

Tattoo: Because he was just a sociopath. It's like the lowest rung of the ladder. He would have never matched up to my potential...

Pierced ears: You're freaking me out now... what do you mean? Did you really kill him? 

Tattoo: I did sweet pea. You gotta believe me. 

Pierced ears: I don't get it... but why? How could you?

Tattoo: He was just a sociopath, my darling. He could never be like me...

Pierced ears: And what is that?

Tattoo: You know.... a high-functioning psychopath

Pierced ears: WTF!!!

Tattoo: Hmm... Do you want to see some more pictures of me?


The Cloudcutter

3 comments:

Himanshu Tandon said...

One of the best you've written in a very long time.
I can totally relate it to you.. :D

neena maiya (guyana gyal) said...

That felt casual, yet scary.

Which means it was good!!

The Cloudcutter said...


@Himanshu - ha ha thanks! i'm sure u can dude... it takes one to know one, right? ;) ;) ;)

@GG - SO glad you like it! Thank you, my friend!