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dialogue only
A Pre-Dinner Conversation
by jim vecchio
Dialogue Only Prompt Contest Winner
“Darling, what kind of bread do you want for supper?”
“Rye.”
“Just thought I’d ask.”
“Rye.”
“Because I love you , dear.”
“Rye."
“I just told you, because I love you.”
“And I said, rye.”
“Darling, you seem a bit confused. Let's start over. And don’t ask why.”
“Okay. “
“Dear, you need something for your itch. What do you suggest?”
“Calamine.”
“Dear, that’s what you called me when we were dating.”
“Calamine?”
“Yes, Gal o’mine! But what do you want for your itch?”
“I told you! Calamine!”
“Dear, sweetie talk will get you nowhere! What do you want for that itch!”
“CALAMINE!! CALAMINE!!”
“Oh, dear. I can see I must try something else. You’re just not yourself today.”
“I know I’m myself. I saw myself in the mirror and he said I was me.”
“Let’s try this- What would you like for supper, dear?”
“Meat Loaf.”
“No, I mean, what would you like for supper?”
“Meat Loaf”
“Dear, I don’t want to know what you want to hear. What do you want to eat?”
“MEAT LOAF!!! MEAT LOAF!!!”
“But darling, you know you threw out all those records years ago.”
“I’m not talking about hearing. I’m talking about eating.”
“Perhaps if you explain yourself to me, dear.”
“You take yourself a hunk of meat. You throw it on a piece of bread. You throw on another piece of bread. Then you press it together.”
“Press what, dear?”
“PRESS MEAT!!! PRESS MEAT!!!”
“Oh, I see, dear. Like pressed ham!”
“Okay, ham! Anything! As long as it’s edible.’
“So you don’t want vegetables?”
“I didn’t say that!”
“But, dear, you just said you want to eat an animal!”
“I said EDIBLE!!! EDIBLE!!!”
“What’s that mean, dear?”
“It’s something you put between your teeth and…”
“Oh? Like dental floss?
“Let’s brush that remark away and talk about dessert.”
“Anything you say, dear. What would you like for dessert?”
“Ice cream.”
“Well, you don’t have to scream about it!”
“I don’t scream. ICE CREAM!!!”
“Don’t get so upset about it, dear.
“Let’s forget it all! Buy and make anything you want! What store are you going to?”
"Piggly Wiggly!"
"What did you say?”
"Piggly Wiggly!"
"Fat legs! Fat legs!"
“Darling, what kind of bread do you want for supper?”
“Rye.”
“Just thought I’d ask.”
“Rye.”
“Because I love you , dear.”
“Rye."
“I just told you, because I love you.”
“And I said, rye.”
“Darling, you seem a bit confused. Let's start over. And don’t ask why.”
“Okay. “
“Dear, you need something for your itch. What do you suggest?”
“Calamine.”
“Dear, that’s what you called me when we were dating.”
“Calamine?”
“Yes, Gal o’mine! But what do you want for your itch?”
“I told you! Calamine!”
“Dear, sweetie talk will get you nowhere! What do you want for that itch!”
“CALAMINE!! CALAMINE!!”
“Oh, dear. I can see I must try something else. You’re just not yourself today.”
“I know I’m myself. I saw myself in the mirror and he said I was me.”
“Let’s try this- What would you like for supper, dear?”
“Meat Loaf.”
“No, I mean, what would you like for supper?”
“Meat Loaf”
“Dear, I don’t want to know what you want to hear. What do you want to eat?”
“MEAT LOAF!!! MEAT LOAF!!!”
“But darling, you know you threw out all those records years ago.”
“I’m not talking about hearing. I’m talking about eating.”
“Perhaps if you explain yourself to me, dear.”
“You take yourself a hunk of meat. You throw it on a piece of bread. You throw on another piece of bread. Then you press it together.”
“Press what, dear?”
“PRESS MEAT!!! PRESS MEAT!!!”
“Oh, I see, dear. Like pressed ham!”
“Okay, ham! Anything! As long as it’s edible.’
“So you don’t want vegetables?”
“I didn’t say that!”
“But, dear, you just said you want to eat an animal!”
“I said EDIBLE!!! EDIBLE!!!”
“What’s that mean, dear?”
“It’s something you put between your teeth and…”
“Oh? Like dental floss?
“Let’s brush that remark away and talk about dessert.”
“Anything you say, dear. What would you like for dessert?”
“Ice cream.”
“Well, you don’t have to scream about it!”
“I don’t scream. ICE CREAM!!!”
“Don’t get so upset about it, dear.
“Let’s forget it all! Buy and make anything you want! What store are you going to?”
"Piggly Wiggly!"
"What did you say?”
"Piggly Wiggly!"
"Fat legs! Fat legs!"
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