Last Night, I Had a Beer with God
by David Russo
When my wife left me, in a matter of days the court had given her practically half of the state. I prayed for a few hours-mostly rambling-and decided to just be straight about it:
"God," I said "we need to talk."
It was ten to closing time when a portly gentleman in a dingy suit walked in and took a seat at the bar, glaring in my direction every now and then. It took a while to see through my seven pints that this gentlemen looked very much like my estranged wife's father.
I never liked that whore's old man; he was such a critical and cynical bastard about my means. Not all of us wanted to work nice, clean-cut white collar jobs; my old man raised railroad boys who worked long, hard and appreciated the value of sweat.
We exchanged glances. Neither of us said a word for a few moments and his stern glare started to bother me. I buried my face in my hands for a few seconds-in a sort of nondescript motion of exasperation. When I looked back up he was sitting directly across. He blinked a few times, and dusted off the rest of his drink. I uncomfortably looked around for Shirley.
"So" he started, which troubled me enough to turn back around and make such focused eye contact that I did not even notice his glass was again full, "you wanted to talk?"
"God," I said "we need to talk."
It was ten to closing time when a portly gentleman in a dingy suit walked in and took a seat at the bar, glaring in my direction every now and then. It took a while to see through my seven pints that this gentlemen looked very much like my estranged wife's father.
I never liked that whore's old man; he was such a critical and cynical bastard about my means. Not all of us wanted to work nice, clean-cut white collar jobs; my old man raised railroad boys who worked long, hard and appreciated the value of sweat.
We exchanged glances. Neither of us said a word for a few moments and his stern glare started to bother me. I buried my face in my hands for a few seconds-in a sort of nondescript motion of exasperation. When I looked back up he was sitting directly across. He blinked a few times, and dusted off the rest of his drink. I uncomfortably looked around for Shirley.
"So" he started, which troubled me enough to turn back around and make such focused eye contact that I did not even notice his glass was again full, "you wanted to talk?"
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No wonder you two never got along. I have a strange feeling that you should change the previous questions you had for God - I don't think he'll be very helpful at this point either.