2/21/12

10 conversations
By Tony Rauch

                        "Shut up!"                                 "I can't believe a word you say!"

                                                    "Oh, yeah, well that's not what I heard."

"You're so stupid!"                                  "Will I ever see you again?”

                "You're driving me crazy."                       "You don't know what love is!"

    "You're completely selfish, inconsiderate, unsupportive, and insensitive."

          "You're not listening!!"                                                         "I hate you!!!"

                        “No, you shut up!”                                          "Please stay. Please don't go."

            "Yeah, like you've ever done anything with your life."                

                           "I'm not gonna be your doormat anymore! You can't control me!"

   "You smell funny."                               "I wish I never met you!"

                     "Stop lying!"                                             "Why are you so mean to me?"

                                                "I never want to see you ever again."

"Don't throw that; put that down."                    

                                                             "I love you."

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Tony Rauch has three books of short stories published – “I’m right here” (spout press), “Laredo” (Eraserhead Press), “Eyeballs growing all over me . . . again” (Eraserhead Press). He has additional titles forthcoming in the next few months.