worship of the common heart, pt. 1.
dialogue prompts from worship of the common heart: new and selected stories by patricia henley.
i’ve never been a good daughter.
we’re all more prosperous now, aren’t we?
i wish i could see you more often.
this’ll go nice with the white wine.
time passes and you forget the worst.
this doesn’t have a damn thing to do with you and me.
we have our own memories.
don’t you want to know anything about me now?
is there something you want to tell me?
mind if i smoke? at the window?
i just remember that look you get. that silence.
there are signs in life. signs that tell you what you have to do.
i hate to have to be the bearer of bad tidings.
surely you must have known?
we don’t always get to do what we want.
i have to get up soon anyway.
liberated it, as we used to say.
you’re asking for trouble.
you can’t prevent disasters.
you’re grieving about something.
you haven’t turned out so badly.
why don’t you mind your own beeswax?
you’ve got a little killjoy in you.
how did you get out of jail?
did you have a good holiday?