Interminable
Tao Lin

The dog had armor, was silent, and it killed me.
It smashed my face with armor.
"Armor can be for killing people, too," it said.
"I know," I said.
"Now you know," it said.
"Yeah," I said. "Now I know."
"You didn't before!" it said.
"Fine," I said.
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"How much honey," it said.
"Fine," I said.
"All right," it said.
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"Not too much ice," I said at the café. My head hurt and I hated life. "But a lot of honey."
The young lady told me to get the honey myself.
"Fine," I said.
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