At least you love me, he thought as he watched his dog sleep. And then for no reason the dog woke up, jumped into his lap, and bit his face.
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T 4029
She came home late and he was as she left him, on the couch, and she sighed and he said, I’m a gamer not a lover, but she already knew that.
T 4002
He sees the day circled on the calendar, recognizing her silly purple pen, and he turns to her and says, Is this the day I first felt shame?
T 3996
She says, What’s that? and he understands what a bad idea the tattoo was and says, My shoulder hurts, and she says, Don’t change the subject.
T 3992
An annoying sound filled the room; it was an attack beyond assault. And she held him and said make it stop and he regretted that last pepper.
T 3977
This is the weekend, he thinks, no, sings, he belts this out in the shower. Then he slips on a bar of soap. And the weekend is shot to hell.
T 3974
Cake, lots of it, on the counter, and he knows he can’t touch any of them, ever, and he watches his wife and says, Some things never change.
T 3972
She watches him dress, grunting as he struggles with his tie. That’s the sound you make in the bathroom, she laughs. And now he’s depressed.
T 3966
Dogs. Cheese. White rugs. His life had turned into a movie no one would ever pay to watch. The dogs start barking. And then his mother calls.
T 3955
A bomb exploded and and he ran outside and studied the crater in a state of complete bewilderment. I won’t have to mow the lawn, he thought.
