Spam Text Affair

Recently, I’ve noticed a pattern where spam texters construct a fictional narrative—presumably with the goal of getting people to expose sensitive personal information. The random, nonsensical storylines can be very amusing; but it is also surprisingly intimate, to imagine the ways one can exist inside another’s life. The spam text becomes an improvisational script for two. I was curious about performing the role I was given, and continuing the absurd fantasy.

On November 12th, 2022 at 4:52PM I received one of these spam texts, and treated as a written prompt. The initial line is the spammer’s message, and the first several lines were my replies verbatim. The rest was expanded into prose.

*the following text contains explicit language