62: Not to engage in astrology

The Book of Knowledge
Laws of Idolatry and Paganism
Not to engage in astrology (Lev 19:26)

            roommate house meeting

AZRAEL
you don’t believe it

TAL
it’s not that

VI
it isn’t?

TAL
no

AZRAEL
you just said-

TAL
i misspoke
or i spoke too harshly

AZRAEL
you spoke too harshly?

TAL
yeah

VI
we all do we all lose our tempers sometimes

AZRAEL
wow
woooo/ooooow

VI
c’mon Az
it’s ok if they-

TAL
i’m not trying to insult anyone

AZRAEL
you are such a Gemini

            beat

TAL
ok see that’s the kind of thing i can’t take anymore

AZRAEL
you can’t dictate how i see the world

TAL
i don’t want to

VI
see they don’t want to!

TAL
i just want you to extend the same courtesy to me

AZRAEL
so you think astrology is bullshit?

TAL
i think
it’s an interpretive framework
that is valid
it’s simply not my framework

            beat

VI
ok but that is such a Gemini thing to say T

TAL
OK JESUS FUCK SEE THAT’S WHAT I-
            beat
i’m sorry
i was angry
now i’m not

VI
should we do our breathing exercises?

TAL
all i’m asking is you not
make snap judgements or
sweeping psycho-spiritual analyses of me
based on a spiritual tradition that i do not personally
believe in

            silence

AZRAEL
i just don’t know if that can be a house rule

TAL
why not?

AZRAEL
it’s oppressive

VI
do you think this is internalized queerphobia T?
have you explored that possibility?

TAL
sure maybe i don’t know
but could we just stop?
maybe i’m wrong but it’s what i want

            beat

AZRAEL
we never should’ve roomed with a Gemini

            END OF PLAY