Politics

Just wrote a story. I was laughing out loud when I was writing it. I still do.

Whatever doesn’t kill us, make our doctors richer. He was married twice, both times unhappily. The first wife left, the second stayed. When all the rats left the sinking ship, it stopped sinking. I didn’t want to hurt you. I just lucked out.

Yesterday, day 1 of the 1st vaccine shot (Moderna). No symptoms. I wondered if they even did it since I turned away, and the shot was painless. I took off the Band-Aid and it had blood on it. Was it-pre-blooded? Today, Day 2. Body ache, redness on the arm and chills. They really did it.

What is a mensch? Mensch (Yiddish) is a person who uses a question mark at the end of an interrogative sentence.

Rejection: Thank you for allowing us to carefully consider “XYZ.” Unfortunately, we have to pass at this time. We wish you the best in placing this piece elsewhere. Reply: Thank you for your careful consideration of my story at 3:54 AM on Sunday morning, the time known for the pick of the human attention.

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