They agreed they might meet again, perhaps if the stars aligned. But they also might not. They both thought the other had commitment issues.

In that final moment, he tried to remember the events of his life but he could only recall the piano and feeling as if he were in a cartoon.

There are green people in my dreams, he says. And with this she presses a button and tall men enter the room. Don’t be shy, she says smiling

They found yellowing dentures on the sidewalk, took them home and cleaned them with whitening strips. That was as far as their ambition went

He once outran a bear and ever since his philosophy’s been “do anything to stay alive.” But he was done in by his desire to shave every day.

He says, Lighten up. He says, You can put a gun to my face. He says, When you lie your gun loses its power. He says, Kill us all and we win.

He’s more concerned with staying dry than about lightning strikes because of simple, stupid vanity. So of course he was struck by lightning.