hello, can you hear me? can i call you again...or call me back?

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stimulant boy with a powdered nose bleeds into the speakers of his cell as flaxen haired girl taps more coca talc onto the screen

he can hear a person trying to speak through as he takes another sniff and hands it to girl with french pressed nails she bends down to purr hexes into his ears as the person on the other side of the phone hears him giggle


'he's happy' they think
and hang up the outgoing call

'i hear you' they hear him
say as they end the call so
they dial back but there's no answer


Your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system. At the tone, please record your message.


coked up, he sees the missed call but flaxen girl takes the cell and dusts the screen again until it cracks and boy can't read what the incoming messages say

synthetic nailed girl takes her pinkie into the plastic baggie she has hidden underneath her nylon rumpled dress and licks it clean to promise him he'll have much more fun with them


the person tries calling
him again but his cell
doesn't even ring anymore


The person you have dialed can't take your call now... we did not get your message either because you were not speaking or because of a bad connection.

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