The Blazing World

Where are the band aids?

Front closet.

I thought you were working.

Pencil rebelled against me

oil it bears its soul.

You should go outside

and apologize to her, Tom.

You scared her.

What did you do?

Well go ahead,

I'm listening this time,

I'm listening.

Listen to me.

Hey, honey,

it's your mom again.

Sorry to call so late.

Couldn't sleep

that Ambien you gave

me stopped working.

Anyway, the movers are

coming in the morning

to finish packing up and I

set aside some things for you.

And I want you to see the

new landscaping we put in.

It's just too bad we can't

stick around to enjoy it.

I thought you might

want to drive down and

see if you

wanted anything before

your father throws it out.

Anyway if you do want anything

call me and if you come,

could you bring more Ambien?

Rosicrucian and Aurobindonian

thought. Considers the macro

cosmic plane reality

to be construed purely

in the mind.

Thoughts of consciousness

are not a byproduct

of brain functioning but have

their own objective reality

independent of the physical.

This reality

is just one gradation

of a whole series

of planes of existence.

Astral,

spiritual,

can all be accessed

and unlocked

not by the body

but by the mind.

Hey.

Hey, did you eat my cake?

What?

My cake, did you eat it?

Oh, no.

No, I know, I was like, what

the fuck, what am I supposed

to tell you?

Hey, I'm going home

for a few days.

Hey, let me call you back.

Stop, lame, why?

Yeah, I don't know

my parents are moving, so.

Oh, okay.

How are you other than that?

Hi, thanks,

I know it was short notice.

But I'm out.

No worries,

I got you, anytime.

Hey.

Be careful out there.

Oh shoot.

Oh my God.

Hi.

Excuse me?

I am such a big fan

of your show.

Thank you, that's too kind.

Have a nice day.

It is so funny

running into you here.

I was actually just wanting

to ask you something.

Of Course you do.

I know you, you're that girl.

Middle-class 20s white female.

I'm sorry.

Our key demographic.

Hey, you keep us alive whether

I feel good about it or not.

I'm not going to complain

about a captive audience.

Psych major? -I read your book.

Oh, sorry about that.

I was just wondering,

is it possible

for someone to be trapped

in another dimension?

Well, Doctor Who

certainly thinks so.

You should watch his work

it's on the BBC.

Are we talking the physical

or the metaphysical realm?

Either.

Theoretically, yes, to enter

any room, there's a door.

So it stands to reason the

door may be stuck or locked.

Or guarded.

Can someone be taken

against their will?

By what?

Can they be brought back

if they're trapped?

If this door is unlocked?

I see.

What did you say

your name was?

Oh, no, no, no, I'm not

crazy, I'm just,

it's just not working.

Sometimes, if we don't

like the answers the world

gives us, we keep looking.

We go down rabbit holes.

Trust me, I know.

What if there's something

at the bottom?

Excuse me?

What's a rabbit hole?

What's down there?

Are you kidding me?

Hello?

Mom?

Mom.

Mom.

Mom.

Honey,

I didn't hear you come in.

Sorry, I thought I called.

Have you eaten?

Just some gas

station food. - Well, I picked

up enough to feed an army

but the movers ordered pizza.

Have you eaten?

Well, your father has.

He's been going a mile a

minute with this new company.

I'm so happy you're here.

I hate not having you here.

It's been so lonely.

I love you.

Yeah.

I'm happy to have you home.

How is it?

It's good.

Wanted you to have

your favorites.

House looks so crazy all

packed up.

It's been on the market

a while, huh?

We should've waited

to the summer.

No one listens to me

around here.

But don't worry,

I didn't touch your room.

I didn't want you to kill

me or anything about that.

I know how

sensitive you can be.

So I set boxes so that you

could put all the things that

you want in there and then

the movers will toss the rest

in the morning, wine?

I'm not sensitive, I don't

care what you throw out.

Did you see how pretty

the landscaping looks?

It's dark out.

Oh, well, tomorrow.

School.

Easy, hard?

It's good, yeah,

I like my classes.

That's good.

So glad to hear that.

Do you keep in touch

with Blake?