John and Patty sit on the beach in Seaside Heights. The
ocean waves hit the roller coaster that fell-almost intact- onto the area where
everybody’s surfs-during Hurricane Sandy.
Pat
Why are we sitting on the beach... freezing out here?
John
Why did you think it was going to be warm?
Pat
No…I came cause my crazy friend asked me to meet him.
John
Beats listening to my Aunt’s neighbor complain .
Pat
Who?
John
Mrs Stern…it’s one big whine..although she has good reason.
Pat
Oh did she lose her house?
John
No. Her cat died,
Pat
That’s awful.
John
Think it was suicide. I think her cat killed herself.
Pat
You’re terrible
John
Well, wouldn’t you? Whiiiiiine whine whine. Medical talk medical talk medical talk. You know if a joint medicine could cause you
to have a heart attack…why take it? Side effects my ….as….Aunt.
Pat
It looks like a dinosaur
John
Mrs Stern?
Pat
No. The roller coaster in the ocean.
John
It is…now.
Pat
Well I’m glad our houses did ok
John
The sand dunes that block the view…blocked the ocean too by
me.
Pat looks down the beach as the wind whips the white sand.
January always seems so hopeless. Lifeless. Dark.
John
Way to cheer me up. Hey look. There’s a guy on the roller
coaster. Shoot, he has an American flag.
Pat
That’s crazy.
John
Yeah, he beat you with his American flag. You could have
claimed it for Sweden. It issss off-shore.
Hey look, isn’t that Officer Mike coming down the beach.
Pat
Yeah…that’s your Aunt’s man.
Who’s your daddy?
John
I don’t know.
Officer Mike yelling through a mega phone at the man on the
roller coaster.
Officer Mike
Get down from there now!
Man on the roller coaster plants the American flag on the
roller coaster.
Pat
Should we stand up and salute.
John
Let’s.
John and Patty stand up and put their hands over their
hearts.
Officer Mike
Don’t encourage him. What’s the matter with you two.
John
We’re learning how to be adults.
Officer Mike watches as a coast guard boat zips up to the
coaster.
Officer Mike
Well, now you are going to learn how an adult gets arrested.
Patty
Good to know.
Officer Mike gives her a dirty look.
John points at Patty
She said that.
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