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Forrest and I Sit in the Truck and Talk About Pain

Rumble Strip

Erica Heilman / Rumble Strip

Places & Travel, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

I got in a car accident. For some reason I thought it would make me feel better to talk with Forrest about all the accidents he’s had and how he thinks about pain.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Rumbull Strip by America Heilman.

0:02.0

So here's, we're coming down into North Main Street.

0:06.0

Hardwick.

0:08.0

Cebak is open.

0:09.0

Think about this town, you can't be down here without everybody knowing you're here.

0:14.3

Oh yeah they'll see you at some point. We'll take a trip down Wolkut Street for

0:21.4

betting see if my truck is that, Elaine Broshoes.

0:25.0

That's Forest Foster.

0:26.2

We were driving around.

0:27.6

We went to Willie's store to pick up a keros

0:30.1

and then we went down to Hardwick

0:31.8

to wait for a truck with nine heifers to come back from where they had

0:35.1

summoned over in Plainfield.

0:36.7

That is Nicole.

0:38.7

That's Reno and Maureen's daughter that is then to take his wife.

0:44.0

Sometimes I go visit for us just because I know he's going to be doing something interesting

0:48.0

and also even if everything is terrible he's out of money or the milk truck's giving him a hard time, or

0:55.7

Tyke's disappeared with the truck.

0:58.5

Forest is always in a pretty good mood, and sometimes I just like to be around him, especially now when the days are about seven minutes long.

1:06.8

It's just dark and cold and there's no more green anywhere

1:10.6

and little things seem hard.

1:13.4

I mean like I have to walk to the other side of the house

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