Wednesday 6 July 2022

Coping Mechanisms by Jim Anderson, whiskey sour

 

Paulson lay in the tub like a gray whale. Or some other fat, aquatic beast.

 

The door flew open. His wife barged in, shaking her head. She wore her shorts and tee-shirt tight, her blond bangs pasted to her forehead. ‘You have no dignity at all.’

 

‘You can’t eat dignity.’

 

‘You can’t eat anything unless I bring it you.’ She snatched his phone off the toilet lid.

 

‘Hey!’

 

‘You want it? Get out of the tub!’

 

‘I can’t take the heat.’

 

‘The AC is being replaced. I sold some of your comic books.’

 

‘You what?’

 

‘Just the ones in plastic.’

About the author 

 

Jim Anderson lives in southeast Michigan, USA, and blogs at jimthewriter.net 

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