I made some soup, she said. She gave me a bowl. The soup was thin, I said, and she took that as a compliment. Then her dogs started howling.
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The dogs won’t stop barking. I throw them treats and still they won’t stop. She’s not coming back! I tell them. And then I start barking too.
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I bought a monkey. I called to tell her. Her silence cut through me like a cleaver. Then she sighed. I knew she’d made peace with me. Again.
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She answers the phone. I bought a pig, her ex says. He hangs up. She wonders why he bothered. She looks at her pig. He misses us, she thinks.
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I slipped the meat to the dogs. She filled my plate with more. You’re killing me, I told her. The dogs started to howl. And I shat my pants.
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The dogs started barking and he told them to shut up and then the visiting team scored and the barking was over and he stopped liking sports.
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I tried to show her the puppies. I wanted to share their cuteness with her. You hurt me last night, she said. I decided to sell the puppies.
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She left him and he suffered an existential calamity. He took to drink, but he no longer got drunk. He bought a kitten. It ruined his couch.
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We watched our dogs, their sniffing of intimates, the simplicity of their lives, and later I went home and took a long shower. Just in case.
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We were fighting about fighting a lot. I had started sleeping on the couch. The air in the house reeked of decay. The dogs seemed sad lately.
