Cheap.

"What?" I said.
"What?" you said.
"I didn't catch that," I said.
"Oh. I said I'm leaving," you said.
"Can you hand me the strainer?" I said.
"Sure..." you said.
"Clang," said the strainer against the kitchen sink.
"I can't be with a pathological liar," you said.
"Neither can I," I lied.
The water said, "Shhhh," in the kitchen sink.
"When?" I said.
"What?" you said.
"What?" I said.
"I didn't hear you," you said.
"Oh. I said goodbye." I said.

"That's nothing new," you said.
"Slam," the door said.



**This form of writing is nothing new. Many, many people I know have done pieces like this. I still wanted to give it a whirl. Here as I sit at work at 3am.