Mean Gene
June 21, 2007
Scene 4
(payphone, day)
GENE
Hey Tink brother. It’s Geno. Yeah, listen, yeah. Look. I’m off parole. No numbshit. I mean it’s over. I mean I made it. Good news, right? Because I can work for you now. I can be on the premises.
Don’t be like that. You said a hundred times. A hundred times. I’ll do good Tink. It’s with you, it’s gonna be good right? Hell, keep me in back. I won’t leave the kitchen. I’ll sweep. I’ll mop. I’ll scrub the fucking shitters with a toothbrush. C’mon Tink. Day after tomorrow? Hell yes. Hell, I’ll get there early.
Hey Tink. Remember that lake? The one the old man took us to? Up in Michigan, yeah. What was the name of that lake? Big Round, right? Round something. Round lake? Shit. Used bamboo poles for crissakes. Bluegill. Bass. Remember? His goddamn cigars. Kept the mosquitoes away, yeah. Shit. A million years ago. A million years. Round Lake, right? Fuck it. You’re busy. See you day after tomorrow.
(lights dim)
