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Submitted to Contest #272
“My lover slept with my mother” was playing on an old episode of Jerry Springer and it was 91 degrees in the shade. The kids next door were outside running through a sprinkler, screaming as they chased each other into the spray. But at least I wasn’t at work, and I had cold beer. I was basically a happy guy. Later, I would think about how the weather doesn’t pay attention to people. It’s only in movies that someone gets mad and a thunderstorm starts. That day sure as hell didn’t pay attention to us. If it had, it would have been cold, f...
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