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An unnamed young man returns home from a "clinic" unsure that it is actually his home. He's welcomed by an unusual couple who may or may not be his parents. His mind is in a fog. All is uncertain. They are constantly giving him pills which cause him to hallucinate. After poisoning the couple the trio spend the night having a party. They play dre
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I have the house all to myself now. Mother and Father are here but they’re not talking.
This will take all night. In the morning I shall finish the job. Perhaps after a game of pool. Yes, that’s how it will be. They’ll find me sprawled across the red felt with my little ass in the air.
Good. Settled. We can move on.
You look peaceful, Mother. I’m going to touch you up a bit.
There.
I want you to look your best. Father too.
Family occasions are so rare.
I came home on a Tuesday. It was raining. There was a buzzing in my ears. I think it was a Tuesday. I think it was home.
The car pulled into the driveway, and I saw a large scorpion on the roof.
I closed my eyes and took several deep breaths.
The driver opened the door and helped me out.
His clothes were identical to the ones worn by all the male attendants at the clinic: black beret, turquoise shirt, gold sports-jacket, maroon pants, white patent-leather shoes.
His name was Jones. That’s what his name tag said. He didn’t speak a word during our time together. Our days. Our weeks.
I did not speak, either, having taken a vow of silence long ago.
The front door opened.
A woman stood in the doorway with bright blue hair shaped into a beehive.
Mother?
Welcome home, M,
she said.
Jones drove off without saying goodbye.
We walked down a long hallway.
I was transfixed by her hair.
She was wearing a white uniform with the initial K embossed in black on the side of each shoulder.
Her short dress. White spiked heels.
I liked her white stockings and garter-belt very much.
In my room. At long last. The buzzing in my ears was gone.
I undressed and put on the black silk pajamas on my bed.
The woman knocked twice and came in. She was wearing a low-cut white jump suit. There was a K in yellow on each shoulder.
She held a silver tray.
Your Grandmother is in the room just off the kitchen,
she said. Yesterday she told me the flowers on the kitchen table were on fire. Before that it was children singing inside the closet. Enjoy your lunch and don’t forget to take your pills.
Lunch was a raisin-bread and cream cheese sandwich with orange juice.
There were three pills. Two were green, oval-shaped, and very small. The third was a large capsule filled