SLEEPING
Terribly trenchant twos, that rat
kid is finally sleeping. I couldn't
take much more of that. Stuff his
head in a pillow case, I was finally
thinking. They make card games
for times like these.
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Olga Makeshift came in, smoking
a cigarette that dangled from the
lips of her mouth. She had all
the style of an old lamp.
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Remember those things they used
to put on the head-backs of chairs?
Anti-Macassars? What the hell
was wrong with people then? It
went more than that too:
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Remember 'Close the drapes, the
sunlight will fade the chair's fabric.'
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