T 3885

The road stretches toward the horizon. Wind bends tallgrass. He waits for her in the car. And I’m gluten-free, she says, doing up her jeans.

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T 3884

The body lies buried under books. Books litter the floor. The walls are lined with shelves of books. What do we have here? the sargeant says.

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T 3883

He thinks highly of himself. He says, You will have me. He never gets tired of the laughter he generates. I’m also funny, he says to himself

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T 3882

She says, I have the muscle memory of a nun, but he’s not listening, his exertion is everything now, and she starts to giggle uncontrollably

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T 3882

He took the drink and then took another and finally he interrupted her and said, Am I beautiful yet? and she said no and then he said, Fuck.

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T 3881

I suffer from a kind of delirium, both delicious and poison; a donut is like a thunderclap, boots to the groin of my psyche, my tiny psyche.

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T 3880

He squinted into the sun. Bemoaned his lost sunglasses. Stepped in something squishy. Bemoaned something else. Cursed. And bemoaned that too

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T 3879

He was like, Let’s honeymoon in Fresno! just so he could say Fresno all the time and I said, This isn’t funny, and he said it was hilarious.

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T 3878

Every time she spoke of marriage, odd sounds came out of his mouth until he claimed to not even speak English. But she found this endearing.

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T 3877

Gretchen looks at the dishwasher and says, You bought me a dishwasher? and his smile vanishes and he says, Too soon? and then she hates him.

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