– all of these streets were crowded
– money never sleeps
– the markets will never crash
– in this economy?
It’s difficult for people to grasp eternity
Because all they have-all they’ve experienced, is now…
– you think you have something to offer humanity? You don’t have anything. . . They’re hungry for a shortcut to happiness… and I can give it to them. A life without discipline. Without goals, without effort. Just do whatever whenever however, for as long as ever. But quickly. The day before yesterday.
The devil sat back in his chair…the bar was empty…this was our third meeting…
There were no cars on the street…
No chill in the air…
No ice
I rolled my sleeves up…
Drank my gin
– look, I’m a salesmen, like you, I make deals… I made one a while back…a guy wanted to be the biggest president in history…
– I don’t think this is what he had in mind…
– he’s going down in history isn’t he? He should of read the fine print. Hell, he should’ve read period.
– if you’re confident enough people believe anything…
– the old rules don’t apply, the game is changing. I’m collecting souls. You still think there’s hope for these people? They made their beds. How’s yours?
– I sleep fine.
– are you sure? That’s not what she says…you do see her don’t you? Tell me, how is she?
“She” was a figure who appeared in my door…every night…since I was a child…I would wake up and she might rush toward me or float away.. this tall dark figure…or she might just be mumbling over and over again something I could never break.
I ignored this statement
– there’s a changing of the guard, I still believe in people, in free will, in peoples ability to change. And to choose, so yes…I think our tomorrows are better than today.
– you really don’t learn do you…if you give people the option to grab what they want now? They will take it. People don’t change. Even if it’s against their best interest. They will gratify today and suffer tomorrow. They like to feel like they have options, so they come and go and change their minds a lot, but they are really just circling around their individual grave… never accomplishing much, never really loving, never really growing, just talking. Loudly, about nothing, just themselves. And the world suffers.
If I can keep them distracted and self indulgent, they will gather and fight and self destruct. Arguing about nothing. Consumed with themselves. Feeding this appetite. It’s almost more than even I can take. I hate this whore of self. She drinks the blood and has no discipline no plan…you do know,she’s older than any of us…she’s been here since the beginning…I don’t know, I might have to kill her.
– I didn’t think you had it in you.
– I’m a guy with a plan. That’s why I need you. I can’t do it without souls. I need a statement.
I drank the rest of my gin…
When I set my glass down he was gone.
I looked down to see an envelope…
I put it in my coat…
It was raining.
The streets smelled like sewage.
The city wasn’t pretty.
It reminded me of how I felt inside.
Regarding Samuel 