pulitzerlost

* COMADOSER.

 ——– HE  OBLIGES  gratefully ,  taking  the cigarette  and  lighting  it  post - haste ,  tiny  grin  on  his mouth .  Maybe  she ’ s  taken  a  bit  fondly  to  him ?  Though  even  Murdoc ’ s  dates  had  never  looked  quite  so bored .  Really  a  talent  of  hers ,  truly .

 Oh ,  you  know .  Fell  from  a  tree  in  me youngah ’  years .  I  fink  me  bandmate  hit  m  wif ’  his  car   once  or  twice .  All  these  posters  about  not  drivin ’  drunk   sure  don ’ t  hav ’  hold  on  ‘ im !

  He  itches  for  something  a  little  more  robust than  a  cigarette .  Whisper  ’ chronic  pain ’  in  the  ear  of  a  crooked  doctor ,  and  it  was  amazing  what miracles could  be  worked .

‘   only   once   or   twice?   ’   she   wonders,   faintly,   if   he’s   on   anything,   a   thought   that   preoccupies   her   for only   a   moment.   of   course   he   is.   she   is.   nearly   everyone   she   interviews   is   smoking,   or   taking,   or   injecting   something.   that’s   why   she   hates   dealing   with   people   in   the   music   business   outside   of   parties,   they’re   always   so   distant.

‘   do   you   ever   worry   about   people   recognizing   you?   or   do   you   like   the   attention?   ’