COMIC RELIEF

A Very Short Story?

Wilson, my neighbor, brought over a bag of grass clippings the other day. He stood on my front step: motionless, sincere, unaffected by the strangeness of the situation. I took the bag and thanked him, told him I had been “looking everywhere for grass.” I’m not sure why he gave me the clippings, maybe it was his way of saying “goodbye.”

I stored the clippings in the attic, next to a lamp and a dirty filing cabinet. I hadn’t been up there in awhile, so I decided to rummage through old belongings. I came across a rectangular book collection which consisted of a few pulp novels and magazines. Too lazy to read, I picked up The Outsider and The Transformation. “The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer” I read out loud, tore, and clipped to the bag of grass. You never know what you’ll find in the attic. It’s a place riddled with old junk and seminal treasures.

hmmm interesting. Do the grass clippings represent something? hmmm does wilson in this story have anything to do with the Wilson in home improvement. Very wise?

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