“at least you’re keeping yourself busy. keep yourself busy and don’t let yourself think too much, obsess about things that you can’t change.”
“Remember Electrik Avalon?” I said. The small group subtly shook their heads, forming a collective disconnection. I tried again. “Electrik Avalon, in the back seat of a summer car. Remember?” No recognition. Not even an attempt, the very least I was after. Just a scene of blank, unthoughtful faces, all thinking about the mundane tasks of the day to come. “Because he’s dead, and no one remembers him.” With that I left the room.