General Script posted December 14, 2018

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Scene on an Empty Street

by Bill Schott

Pez and his younger brother Pallas stand on the empty street of their home town. The village tavern is their backdrop. Pez: I remember they had a carnival set up out here for the 225th anniversary of the town. Pounded huge tent stakes right through the tarvy. Pallas: That must have been 2001; right? Pez: Yeah. It was the summer before nine-eleven. Pallas: I was twelve then. You must have just graduated. Pez: I was dating Yvonne and didn't have any money for the rides. Pallas: Was she the tall, skinny one that Ma didn't like? Pez: No. Yvonne was the Catholic girl I dated before Cookie. Pallas: Oh, yeah. She didn't think the Catholic girl was right for you until the other one came along. Pez: Yeah! Then she seemed desperate to get me to look Yvonne up again. Pallas: Ma gave you all those brochures on VD. Pez: How'd you know about that? Pallas: She gave them to me too. Pez: Funny times. Pallas: Ma kept accusing Dad of stealing her old coins. I remember because the carnival was here and the tavern had set up an outside barroom. They were serving kegs and set ups all day. Dad was here a lot. Guess Ma thought he was funding his drinking with her coin collection. Pez: No kidding? I hadn't heard that. Pallas: Yeah. I didn't even know she had any old coins. Pez: That was the year they had that big fight and he moved up north to the cabin for a week. Pallas: I thought they were getting a divorce. Pez: I took Yvonne on all the rides. Won her a bear on the midway. Expensive bear. Pallas: Ma even accused me of taking her coins. I didn't even know she had any. Must have been worth something. Pez: She kept them in the closet of the back room. Old Franklin coins. Dozens of them. They were way down on the dark end.    Write A Review Recognized Image from Google Pays one point and 2 member cents. You need to login or register to write reviews. It's quick! We only ask four questions to new members.