#528 Dundun- Denis Johnson
There is no honor among thieves…or drug addicts. Dundun has
just accidentally shot McInness. It’s Dunduns birthday, he’s been smoking opium
to honor the occasion and now he’s just shot someone. The narrator is the
driver, and is doing this to curry favor in the group. They drive past endless
fields of dying crops, in a futile attempt for salvation.
“It was a long straight road through dry fields as far as a
person could see. You’d think the sky didn’t have any air in it, and the earth
was made of paper. Rather than moving, we were just getting smaller and
smaller.”
Unfortunately, sometimes there is no salvation to be had. McInnes
dies in route and they dump the body. “Most of the farmers didn’t even plant
anymore.”
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