You Receive The Instructions Cumulatively, An Incremental Warning, While Browsing Zillow Dot Com (For Fair Use And Commentary Purposes Only, You Assure The Zillow Legal Department):
HELLO BEAUTIFUL,
At First Your Brush It Off. How Funny, It’s Like I’m Being Personally Addressed.
WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. EAT, HOPE, PREPARE TO UNLOAD (SKI TIPS UP). WELCOME EACH NEW DAY: SPIRIT, MIND, BODY. SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE GIRLS.
Hm, Well, That’s Odd. What Am I Preparing For? What’s Happening On Saturday? You Wonder, More Anxiously.
Then You Realize: No, What Am I Being Prepared For? What Is Going To Happen To Me On Saturday?
MUSIC IS WHAT FEELINGS SOUND LIKE. IT IS WHAT IT IS.
You Hear A Faint Tune In The Distance. It Is Not Any Of Your Neighbors. You Check The Volume On Your Phone And Computer But The Moment You Unlock Your Screen To Check, The Tune Halts.
You Wait And Listen. There It Is Again. It Sounds Like It Could Be Coming From The Television (Where You Have Been Watching The Chip And Joanna Gaines Show For The Past Seven Hours) But The Television Is Off…
ALWAYS KISS ME GOODNIGHT,
Oh. Oh, No. It’s Him, Isn’t It?
REYNOLDS.
It Is Him. It’s Reynolds. Reynolds. Fuck. Fuck! No, No, No, No, No, No. Not Again.
Please. You Won’t Get Lucky Twice, You Know This.
You Should Check On The Spare Key, And Call Your Sister Who Has The Backup Password to Your SmartHome-All-in-One-Combination-Thermostat-NannyCam-FireAlarm-SeltzerMachine…
Or Did You Give Her The Spare Key And Change The Passwords After The Last Time?
The Last Time…
Why Can’t Your Remember?
How Does He Do That With Your Memories?
How Does He Get In Your Mind That Way?
How Does He Always Make You Forget?
How Does He—
Love,
Julian (and Reynolds)