1317 16 15
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When I died, she said, she was going to have me cremated and put my ashes in the cats’ litter box.
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5553
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“Easter’s coming,” my wife says. “Should I dress as a bunny or a chicken?” she asks.
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10351110
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In the morning the fog boils up from the ground as I pad down the steps to the lake in bare feet. I stand at the edge of the water naked as a newborn.
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11421614
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Dinner conversation reminds me of the chatter of birds. Happy talk. Nothing real.
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1121119
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They both have an annoying habit. She talks to him while she's in another room, and he doesn't answer because he can't hear what she's saying.
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12481311
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As I go by I see five, six high school kids standing on the corner waiting for the bus. They are huddled together like a bunch of ducks....
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10731412
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You call your wife. “Do you see what I see?” you ask.
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118989
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I thought the Ferris wheel was dumb. All it did was give you a high altitude view of the little Minnesota town where I had grown up.
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6485
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All the dog owners stood with their dogs at the starting line.
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5265
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When he crawled into bed, his wife woke up and asked him where he had been. He said he didn't want to talk about it.
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11301312
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94385
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The model takes off her clothes and poses nude for our class. We draw her likeness on paper.
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98797
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I see them walking. They pass right by my house. If I’m outside, I sit down on our porch and watch the parade. Sometimes I watch them out of a front window.
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14801716
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Ed wants to watch the last half of the football game. His wife wants him to mow the lawn.
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92298
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It was cold in the church. The Lutherans were freezing to death. The Catholics brought their winter coats.
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