A Deal is Inevitable, If Both Sides Are Desperate

Everyone I used to know hated their jobs. And the rest of us wish we had something stable. 

I'd say I freelance, but Mom's friends call it unemployment. Grandma sighs 

hoping that I'm just working things out. God will deal with me. 

Work is slow. 

Without much of a schedule, I'm an excellent candidate to make breakfast for Jael and Grandma while Mom goes in for an extra shift before sunrise. 

Work is just slow. 

Eggs cooked. Bacon fried. Grandma's pills were properly organized in her weekly container. 

As Grandma napped and Jael went to his lecture, my job hunt could continue.

There is always another job newsletter, another random charge to my bank account

A resume and pitch, I should’ve reread fifteen more times. 

A new war to ignore that’s been in hidden in plain site and 

another well-timed ad for something I was talking about just last night. 

Wait, last night was…unseen. untouched. 

That voice spoke like it tried to reach me before…

I started to think about the creature’s bargain. 

Throughout folklore, Sci-fi and Fantasy, 

taking a deal with a being through a dream is never a good idea.

Maybe forgetting our dreams is a natural defense from the things hiding in them, Either way, 

I really need those tickets. 

I try to distract myself, there’s always another job board, another headline to ignore,

until I saw a sign.

NEW EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Crimes Against Divinity Recomposes Reality

By Tullius Rufus

The following interview was condensed for clarity. 

It has also been printed out and stapled together like a sacred zine

and tucked under Rawl’s pillow before he sleeps.

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