easy being green
albert wheezed on the train from laughing too much, but it was just that sort of phone call. you're either laughing because you can't understand what's being said or because you want to cover up the silence. there's not much of a market anymore for genuine laughter, at least not on the phone.
his laugh didn't wheeze because he was old, although he certainly was. he'd wheezed since age 20, at which point his body had become bored with guffaws and titters. something automatic spoke out from his lungs, and laughter became a chance to exhale mightily, a luxury he'd missed for two full decades. that's quite a spell to make up for, and albert did his best to even out his life on this front.
albert was on the phone with a former wife, and had been wheezing to cover up the silence. neither party was sad about this silence that had grown cancerously between them, but that was mostly because neither of them chose to recognize it. it was the sort of silence that exposed itself in minute slices, but a silence whose eternal depth would hint at its own potential for extended length. these single moments were a wide canvas dotted with flecks of dread.
his laugh didn't wheeze because he was old, although he certainly was. he'd wheezed since age 20, at which point his body had become bored with guffaws and titters. something automatic spoke out from his lungs, and laughter became a chance to exhale mightily, a luxury he'd missed for two full decades. that's quite a spell to make up for, and albert did his best to even out his life on this front.
albert was on the phone with a former wife, and had been wheezing to cover up the silence. neither party was sad about this silence that had grown cancerously between them, but that was mostly because neither of them chose to recognize it. it was the sort of silence that exposed itself in minute slices, but a silence whose eternal depth would hint at its own potential for extended length. these single moments were a wide canvas dotted with flecks of dread.