#3
"Clearly you were thinking I was someone else!" was shouting...again. He'd had a temper as of late. I hadn't really noticed, but, in all fairness I'd never really noticed him to begin with. It was he that approached me . He was sobbing. It was induced and intentional. I didn't even know who he was talking to but he was looking right at me. I blinked. Not in awe, but in passing. His hair was so lifeless. He reminded me of an ex from years ago in Los Angeles , always in control of his victimization. "Say something!" He continued. His eyes, not so much wild as they were impetuous, begged not for sympathy but for a reaction--retaliation even. Was it always like this? Had I never been keen to his fits of hysteria? The broken dishes and remnants of mangled furniture stacked neatly in the corner told me that maybe I had. I noticed blood on my hands and surprised myself with how mild a curiosity I held as to it's origin. Was it mine? Was it