Nothing Matters: A Noir Love Story by Finbow Steve

Author:Finbow, Steve [Finbow, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Snubnose Press
Published: 2012-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

Nothing Matters - prose version

Points South

From here, everything moves towards a conclusion.

Get ready…

Get set…

Go…

Wake knowing to escape. Get out of here. Get out. Get. Go. Escape the last refuge. There comes a time in life when escape becomes the only choice. To flee. To run away. To get the hell out before mulling over other options, other decisions made. Fishtail out of city in hurry to put distance between us. Never use that word again. Z would say—first-person plural objective. Fuck that. Objective? Fuck off. Just before alarm sounded, turned over, looked at Z, wished & hoped it would be last time. Air in room fetid with wrong choices, stale emotions. Once on road, wound down window. Cicadas ratcheting up their scratchy instruments. Desert wind, riding shotgun, cooled fever. Looked at her closed eyes, a certain momentum. Lies, doubts, slow dismantling of desire—no more. Physical but never violent. Violence bubbled under, simmered away, drawing out kick from usual ingredients of need, detachment. Made promise not to do it. To add one more to ledger. What fucking ledger? But that last night, spilled over, left her in puddle of silk, pool of lace, imprint of brass knuckles on high derisive cheekbones.

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