Madness and Women
Stories
Poetry
berlin
stephanie took a break from dancing at night.
during her time off she wanted to have something to do.
she took a part-time job in the clothing store where he worked.
she re-stocked the men’s socks and underwear displays on the sales floor.
he sold men’s suits next to her area.
one night she drove over to his apartment and jumped into bed with him.
he kissed her on the neck and she started repeating his name.
the woman from next door banged on his bedroom wall and screamed for stephanie to “shut the hell up bitch.”
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a week before this happened this same woman drove her car up the grass hill leading up to the front door of her apartment.
she attempted to land the car in her living room where her boyfriend sat watching tv.
the cement steps in front of her porch prevented her car from going any further.
she jumped out of the car ran into the living room and started shooting at her boyfriend.
he ran out the back door and she tried to gun him down while she chased after him.
the cops came and arrested them.
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when this lady banged on his wall stephanie got scared and ran out of his apartment.
he came into work the next day.
an envelope with his name on it was taped to the cash register in his suit department.
he could have dealt with her backing out if she wanted someone else.
but that wasn’t the case.
she left to live with her aunt in germany.
her aunt ran a brothel in berlin and offered stephanie a “chance to earn as much money as she wanted to."
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it’s a good thing colleen replaced stephanie in the men’s socks and underwear department the day after he found the envelope.
he figured if it wasn’t for colleen he would have bought a plane ticket and made a real fool out of himself in berlin.