levi benton. d10. cb. (fin)

[tick 12a / calla]

  

LEVI BENTON ;
eighteen, male
guitar strings, dust clouds, wind chimes
struggling humanitarian, probably an aquarius

ratmas cb 1/3

[tick 12a / calla]

l e v i .

questions?

yeah
yeah sure.

lemme just
get you a chair
hold on-

who?
oh
oh
my mom.

yeah

manners matter
she used to always say that.

must run in the family
i guess.

hey you want water or something?
sorry about all the dust
it's
been a while since i've cleaned up.

anyways

mom.

she tried real hard
you know

especially at the end.
everybody liked her
even if you didn't like anybody
you sure did like mom.

it was nice.

you know people'd stop by just to see her.
all the people she helped out.
they'd bring their husbands
and their wives and their children
just to say thanks.

it's kinda sad.
because people don't do that anymore.

i tried to pick up where she left off but
people don't come around after they get what they want.

not anymore.

that made it rough
for a while

but things always get better.

or at least
that's what she'd tell us
in between appointments.

she even
wrote a song you know
while everything was going on
finished it before she got stuck in bed

but
she probably
wouldn't have shown someone like you.

had to be musically inclined
see.
not a lot of people are these days.

me?

i guess

she tried to show me once,
sat on the front steps and
brought out this great ancient thing.

except my fingers kept
slipping off the frets
and the notes came out all wrong.

she tried to teach me everything she knew

but i'm
shit.

i'm
pretty
shit.

[tick 12a / calla]

Tom COME GET EM

[Tom]

I love this boy. Jed will love this boy. That is all.