Hard Knocks

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“Knock, knock.”

“Knock, knock.”

“Knock fucking knock already,”

“If you don’t say ‘who’s there?’ I’m going to knock this fucking door down."

What are you supposed to do? You keep knocking on the same door with no one ever giving you any more than the same yawn of cosmic indifference. 

Thank you for asking but the answer is "no!"

The pounding gets louder. There's the sound of splintering, as a fist finally penetrates the wood.

read "Current Affairs" by Francis Levy, The East Hampton Star